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Letter to OMB Director Russell Vought Demanding Withdrawal of OMB's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought Demanding Withdrawal of OMB's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking… Continue Reading
July 07, 2026Letters to Cantor Fitzgerald and USA Rare Earth Following $1.6 Billion Trump Administration Deal
Letter to Cantor Fitzgerald Chief Executive Officer Brandon Lutnick Letter to USA Rare Earth Chief Executive Officer Barbara Humpton … Continue Reading
June 15, 2026Letter to NSF Acting Director Brian Stone Demanding Administration Cease Dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative
Letter to NSF Acting Director Brian Stone Demanding Administration Cease Dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative… Continue Reading
Ranking Member Lofgren Meets with AI Companies to Discuss Recent Loss of Control Events
Today, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a bipartisan meeting with representatives from Hugging Face, METR, OpenAI, and Anthropic. During the roundtable, Members discussed recent loss-of-control incidents among different AI systems and how to prevent these events from happening in the future. The Members also considered different policy actions to build an AI governance strategy. “I am concerned about recent loss-of-control incidents at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta," said R… Continue Reading
September 11, 2026Ranking Member Lofgren Condemns Radical Changes to NSF Initiatives
— Yesterday, National Science Foundation (NSF) Acting Director Brian Stone released a statement titled “NSF leadership in a new golden age of science,” outlining how NSF is implementing White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director Michael Kratsios' Science: A New Golden Age and the Fiscal Year 2028 OMB-OSTP R&D Budget Priorities Memorandum. In this statement, Acting Director Stone verifies NSF’s intentions to implement Director Kratsios’ initiatives that will reallocat… Continue Reading
August 30, 2026Ranking Members Lofgren, Foushee Congratulate NASA and Partners After Successful Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Launch
— Today, NASA, in partnership with SpaceX, successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Named for NASA's first chief astronomer, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, or “Roman,” is NASA’s newest flagship observatory. It is designed to explore the universe, addressing some of the most important science questions identified by the astronomy community. Roman was the top priority large mission of the 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal S… Continue Reading
Federal investments in science are needed to reduce wildfire
It used to be that October marked the end of wildfire season, and the most destructive fires occurred in or around forested areas. But increasingly, more Americans experience the impacts of wildfires year-round. In 2021, nearly 50,000 wildfires were reported, which burned over seven million acres of land. And as we saw with the Marshall fire in Boulder County, sometimes the most devastating fires can happen in suburban areas in the dead of winter. As members of Congress representin… Continue Reading
February 22, 2022A federal coal ash strategy: putting health and safety first
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would crack down to protect public health and the environment from coal ash contamination. EPA will ramp up enforcement of its rules to prohibit companies from dumping coal ash into unlined storage pits, and to require those companies to speed up their efforts to close down the existing pits that have been shown to leak. As the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, I want to see our federal age… Continue Reading
January 14, 2022Mapping a Strong Future for Ocean Science and Technology
Ranking Member Sykes' Opening Statement at Hearing on Biotechnology Innovation and Biosecurity
Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Emilia Sykes (D-OH) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Thank you, Chairman McCormick, for holding this hearing. These are very important topics, and I look forward to a discussion that treats them with the nuance and complexity they deserve. Biotechnology is an incredibly exciting field of scientific research with immense potential to solve some of our biggest problems. From manufacturing to medical treatments to … Continue Reading
September 16, 2026Ranking Member Lofgren's Opening Statement at Hearing on Biotechnology Innovation and Biosecurity
Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Good morning. Thank you to Chairman McCormick and Ranking Member Sykes for this hearing. Thank you to our witnesses for appearing today. I want to start, Mr. Chairman, by asking unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from the American Society for Microbiology, one of our country’s oldest and most respected scientific societies. I agree wholeheartedly with Ranking Member Sykes that the voice… Continue Reading
September 15, 2026Ranking Member Lofgren's Opening Statement at Hearing on Innovation in Disaster Prevention
Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren's (D-CA) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Good morning. Thank you to Chairman Babin for holding this important hearing and thank you to the witnesses for coming to share your expertise and insights with us today. The topic of today’s hearing is timely. NOAA has announced that we’ve just experienced the hottest summer on record, and a historic “super El Niño” event is expected to bring more extreme weather events this fall. Climate change is int… Continue Reading