Press Releases
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) at a hearing today continued to advocate for improved weather forecasting technology.
Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) released the following statement after the White House today announced a nuclear deal with Iran.
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today introduced the Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia Act (READ Act) (H.R. 3033), a bipartisan bill to support dyslexia research.
Today, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing to receive testimony from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy on the agency’s overreaching regulatory agenda.
Texas lawmaker demands open science at EPA
By voice vote, the House of Representatives adopted a second amendment offered by Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) to H.R. 2822, the Department of Interior appropriations bill. The amendment would prohibit the EPA from basing regulations on research data that is not publicly available.
Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) joined fellow San Antonio congressional representatives in praising a recent decision of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to name the five San Antonio Missions, including the Alamo, as a World Heritage Site.
‘Dangerous policies have deadly consequences’
Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today spoke on the House floor condemning the recent killing of a young woman in San Francisco by a convicted criminal illegal immigrant who had been previously deported five times. San Francisco is one of more than 200 state and local jurisdictions that operates under sanctuary policies that call for not honoring U.S.
In response to continued obstruction of congressional requests, Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) along with Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-Texas) today offered an amendment to cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget. The amendment was offered to a Depar
San Antonio, Texas - Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) released the following statement in observance of our nation’s 239th Independence Day:
“This Independence Day, I want to take time to reflect on the freedoms that make our nation great.
– Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that EPA must consider cost before deciding whether the Mercury Air Toxics regulation is appropriate and necessary to regulate under the Clean Air Act.