WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Feb. 15, 2024, entitled "Examining Federal Science Agency Actions to Secure the U.S. Science and Technology Enterprise": * * * Thank you for joining us at this hearing on research security and protecting our taxpayer investments. Research theft is one of the single greatest threats to our competitiveness as a nation. It takes o  more