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Letter to NIST Director Locascio Regarding Worker Health and Safety under the CHIPS for America Program
Letter to NIST Director Locascio Regarding Worker Health and Safety under the CHIPS for America Program… Continue Reading
August 19, 2024Letter to California Assembly Speaker Rivas Regarding AI Bill
Letter to California Assembly Speaker Rivas Regarding AI Bill… Continue Reading
August 15, 2024Letter from California Members to Governor Newsom Regarding AI Legislation
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Ranking Members Lofgren and Sorensen Statement on NASEM Report Assessing the Future of NASA
— Earlier this week, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Math’s (NASEM) Committee on NASA Mission Critical Workforce, Infrastructure, and Technology released their report entitled, NASA at a Crossroads: Maintaining Workforce, Infrastructure, and Technology Preeminence in the Coming Decades. The report was mandated by Congress through the CHIPS and Science Act and seeks to offer a “high-level review of NASA’s workforce, infrastructure, and technological capabilities that are most … Continue Reading
September 11, 2024Science Committee Passes Nine Bills to Support the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology passed nine bipartisan bills to ensure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence (AI). The bills encompass a range of initiatives, including increased support for AI research and development and the promotion of AI education and workforce training programs. “Artificial intelligence has never been more vital to our national competitiveness,” said Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK). “Today’s markup is a significant step in our committee’s co… Continue Reading
September 06, 2024Science Committee Leaders Seek Answers Regarding the Cancellation of NASA’s VIPER Project
Today, Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), along with Space and Aeronautics Chairman Brian Babin (R-TX) and Ranking Member Eric Sorensen (D-IL), sent a letter to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Bill Nelson regarding the cancellation of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project. “We must fully assess the strategic and scientific implications of NASA’s decision not to launch VIPER, complete its delivery t… 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 Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Statement for the Record on Amendment #30 to H.R. 4394, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Thank you, Chairman Cole and Ranking Member McGovern, for considering testimony related to H.R. 4394, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The amendment that I have submitted, along with my colleague from Virgina, Mr. Beyer, is fairly straightforward. It adds additional funds to the Office of Science account to increase support for Fusion Energy Science, and it correspondingly reduces funds for the Office of Nuclear Energy. Fusion energy development is at a… Continue Reading
December 14, 2022Chairwoman Johnson's Statement on the WHOSTP's Report on Sustained Arctic Observation
Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's (D-TX) statement on the White House Office of Science and Technology report, On the Need to Establish and Maintain a Sustained Arctic Obersving Network.I was pleased to receive the Office of Science and Technology Policy's report, On the Need to Establish and Maintain a Sustained Arctic Observing Network. This report is extremely timely as NOAA released their Arctic Report Card today, which details how shifting seasons and extreme weather in the rapidly wa… Continue Reading
April 25, 2022Chairwoman Johnson's Keynote Remarks at the American Meteorological Society Washington Forum
Keynote Remarks as Prepared Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology American Meteorological Society Washington Forum Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to speak with you today. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with members of the American Meteorological Society. Founded over 100 years ago, the AMS is the nation’s foremost professional society for atmospheric sciences. The work done by AMS and its members is vital to th… Continue Reading