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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's Statement on National Academies Extreme Weather and Climate Events Attribution Report
Today, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report titled, "Attribution of Extreme Weather and Climate Events and Their Impacts." The report, according to the NASEM, "provides a comprehensive assessment of the current capabilities of extreme event attribution (EEA) — a scientific field that analyzes whether and to what extent human-caused climate change influenced an individual extreme weather event, such as a specific heat wave or hurricane." Ranking… Continue Reading
July 13, 2026Democratic Members Demand Withdrawal of OMB’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Condemn Attacks on Scientific Community
— Today, Science Democrats submitted a public comment to the docket of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) proposed revisions to the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance. OMB’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is far-reaching and would have severe consequences on our nation’s scientific enterprise. The Members demand that the proposed rule be withdrawn. A summary of the many issues arising from OMB’s proposed rule is as follows: The proposed rule sets a double standard for politica… Continue Reading
July 07, 2026Lofgren, Warren, Wyden, Van Hollen Lead New Probe Into Cantor Fitzgerald, USAR After $1.6 Billion Trump Administration Deal
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee; Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ranking Member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; and Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, pressed Cantor Fitzgerald (Cantor) — led by Commerce Secretary How… 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 Lofgren Opening Statement at Hearing on Space Commerce's Mission Authorization Proposal
Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Thank you, Chairman Haridopolos, for holding this hearing, and thank you to Mr. Jordan for appearing before us today. The United States has an international obligation under the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 to authorize and supervise non-governmental activities in space conducted by U.S. individuals or entities. Currently, the U.S. policy framework for authorizing and supervising space activities pertains on… Continue Reading
June 25, 2026Ranking Member Lofgren's Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of Ten AI Bills
Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren's (D-CA) opening statement as prepared for the record is below: Thank you, Chairman Babin. We have many bills to get through so I will be brief. The pieces of legislation before us are focused on the challenges and opportunities presented by the widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence technology. This Committee as well as last Congress’s Bipartisan AI Taskforce have explored in depth both the challenges and opportunities associated with AI. These bills thoughtf… Continue Reading
June 24, 2026Ranking Member Sykes' Opening Statement at Hearing on Safeguarding Federal Research Funds
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. It is certainly an interesting time to be talking about fraud in this country. We’ll get back to that in a minute. I’m a lawyer by training. I always enjoy a good legal discussion. But it does strike me as odd that we are holding an oversight hearing about the Department of Justice. We have a broad jurisdict… Continue Reading