[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 149 (Wednesday, October 23, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            OPEN ACCESS WEEK

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of greater 
accessibility to taxpayer-funded research.
  This week is Open Access Week in America, and I am proud to be a lead 
cosponsor of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act, 
better known as FASTR.
  Access to scientific research maximizes research investments and 
improves the quality of science while assuring transparency and 
efficient use of tax dollars. Simply put, taxpayers should not have to 
pay for taxpayer-funded research over and over again.
  Policies like FASTR have been a tremendous success already at the 
National Institutes of Health, and some of the best research 
institutions in America, like my alma mater, the University of Kansas, 
have helped lead the charge by instituting open access policies of 
their own.
  Now it is time to make open access the law of the land for all 
publicly funded research. I urge my colleagues to make a real impact on 
the quality of science and lifesaving research conducted in America, 
and urge them to cosponsor and support the Fair Access to Science and 
Technology Research Act.

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