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House Science, Space and Technology panel warns U.S. S&T leadership faces mounting strategic risks
Summary
Witnesses at the House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing described a rapid pace of technological change, increasing global competition—particularly from China—and growing uncertainty caused by recent administration actions that interrupted federal research funding and policy continuity.
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee opened its first hearing of the 119th Congress with witnesses and members pressing that U.S. scientific and technological leadership is at an inflection point.
Chairman Babin opened the session stating the hearing’s purpose: “Welcome to today's hearing entitled the State of US Science and Technology, ensuring US Global Leadership.” The committee’s witnesses — Dr. Heather Wilson, Dr. Walter Copan, Dr. Sudeep Parikh and Sam Hammond — summarized where they see strengths and where they see urgent gaps.
The panel framed the issue as systemic rather than isolated. Dr. Heather Wilson, president of the University of Texas at El Paso and a former secretary of the U.S. Air Force, warned bluntly: “First, since…
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