DNII Act of 2026

Encouraged Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to pass appropriations bills for FY25 - either individually or as an omnibus - to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. (Eventually passed as a full-year continuing resolution: P.L. 119-4, HR 1968) Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to lobby for funding of select research and education programs in the FY25 budget and appropriations cycle, including: Agriculture (HR 9027, S 4690): NIFA programs for capacity for research (Hatch, McIntyre-Stennis, Veterinary Services Grant, Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment, Animal Health & Disease Research) and extension (Smith-Lever, EFNEP) at land grant universities; competitive agriculture research programs (AFRI, SARE, Agriculture Genome-to-Phenome Initiative, Research Facilities); integrated activities (NAHLN, Crop Protection/Pest Management); Intermural research at ARS for Salaries and Expenses (Grape Genomics, Hemp) and Buildings and Facilities (National Grape Improvement Center + Greenhouses and Growth Chambers); ERS; APHIS Veterinary Diagnostics; FDA CFSAN; SCRI Matching Funds Commerce, Justice, Science (HR 9026, S 4795): EDA Build to Scale, EDA Regional Technology & Innovation Hubs, NSF, NSF Facilities (CHEXS), NSF Cross-Cutting Activities (NNIN), NASA Science, NASA Aerospace, NASA Space Technology, NASA Early-Stage Innovation & Partnerships, NASA Education-Space Grant, NOAA-OAR, NOAA-Sea Grant and Aquaculture, NOAA-Regional Climate Centers, NIST, DOJ OJP National Institute of Justice Research & Evaluation Defense: (HR 8774, S 4921): Defense Basic Research (category 6.1), DARPA, Defense Health Research (including Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program), AF-RDT&E-Applied Research Materials; Defense Wide RDT&E-Cybersecurity Research; Navy RDT&E Applied Research Environmental Protection Energy and Water (HR 8997, S 4927): DoE Office of Science, ARPA-E, EERE Geothermal Technologies, Energy Programs: Clean Energy/Green Energy Plant Research Facility Interior (HR 8998, S 4802): NEH, EPA Science & Technology, EPA Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound, USGS-WRRI, USGS-Cooperative Research Unit Labor-HHS-Education (HR 9029, S 4942): Education Programs - Pell Grant, SEOG, FWS, TRIO, GAANN, Title VI International Education, FIPSE Higher Education Farmworker Law Curriculum Development; HHS Programs - Title VII Health Professions, CDC, CDC Vector Borne Disease Research, CDC Lyme Disease, CDC Centers for Public Health Preparedness & Response, NIH, AHRQ, ARPA-H, NIH Reorganization, NIH Cap on Facilities & Administration Reimbursement State, Foreign Ops: (HR 8771, S 4947) Educational & Cultural Exchange Programs (Fulbright), USAID Feed the Future Innovation Labs Transportation: (HR9028, S 4876) University Transportation Research Centers