Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Mike Lee sent letters to the Directors of Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, and Argonne National Laboratories regarding reports that researchers at all three labs have engaged in research collaborations leveraging PRC-based supercomputers—including those linked to the PRC’s military—for federally funded research in sensitive fields.
Mike Lee (R,UT)
Chairman
Martin Heinrich (D, NM)
Ranking Member

Ranking News
- Heinrich Statement on Senate Republicans’ Plan to Sell Off Public Lands and Raise Energy Costs
- Heinrich Highlights Harmful Impact of DOGE Cuts to the Department of the Interior, Slams President Trump’s Interior Budget Request
- Ranking Member Martin Heinrich Statement on Trump Administration’s Attack on America’s National Monuments, Undermining the Law
- VIDEO: Heinrich Joins Press Conference Blasting Republicans’ 'Big Beautiful Betrayal’ for Raising Energy Prices
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Today, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, issued the following statement after the Senate’s bipartisan vote to confirm Mr. Chris Wright, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Energy (DOE).
Today, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, issued the following statement after the Senate’s bipartisan vote to confirm North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of the Interior (DOI).
Today, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Senator John Curtis (R-Utah), introduced the Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act to reform the Antiquities Act of 1906 and end the executive branch’s abuse of its monument designation authority.
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