Doe and Usda Interagency Research Act

Floor Speech

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 1326, the ``DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act'' which I was proud to introduce alongside my colleague and friend, the gentleman from Oklahoma, Mr. Lucas.

H.R. 1326 is a bipartisan bill that would authorize cross-cutting and collaborative research and development between the Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Together these agencies can leverage their incredible capabilities to address some of our multi- disciplinary research challenges in crop science, biofuels, carbon storage, and precision agriculture technologies.

Codifying the partnership between these agencies would be a testament to our commitment to these communities, particularly rural America, and our climate.

The Science, Space, and Technology Committee generated substantial momentum through the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, which included research support towards agriculture productivity improvement goals. The DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act would sustain and strengthen this momentum in its entirety, by empowering deeper collaboration between these two agencies, enabling our research and agriculture communities to fully utilize the opportunities presented by a broad range of new emerging technologies.

With this, I encourage all my colleagues to support this bill.

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Source