My statement on President Trump's address.

I wanted to question Summit County's top election official during a hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday, but despite representing the county in Congress, I was not allowed to participate. Instead of providing meaningful transparency on the issues that matter most to the people of

This plan would let politics, not merit, decide which research, community programs, and local initiatives get funded, and make it easier to pull grants already awarded. This proposal is a direct attack on the independence and integrity of America's research and grantmaking