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Witness urges Congress to shore up decaying national lab infrastructure, warns of authorization-appropriation gap
Summary
Dr. Foster told the House Science, Space and Technology Committee that U.S. national laboratories need sustained infrastructure investment to avoid "boom-and-bust" cycles that harm scientific productivity and workforce stability, and urged action to align authorizations with appropriations.
Dr. Foster, the sole witness at the House Science, Space and Technology Committee Member Day hearing, told lawmakers the nation’s Department of Energy national laboratories face aging infrastructure and uneven funding that undercuts long-term scientific work.
“Without the critical infrastructure that’s frankly decaying in many areas, the national labs cannot keep up their incredible work,” Foster said, describing legislative plans to “firm up the infrastructure investments” labs need.
Foster framed the problem as a mismatch between authorization committees, which set long-term…
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