Energy Policy Research Distinguished Fellow Diana Furchtgott-Roth Testifies for House Committee on Space and Technology

On Wednesday February 11, 2026, new Energy Policy Research Foundation Distinguished Fellow Diana Furchtgott-Roth testified during the House Committee on Space and Technology’s Research and Technology Subcommittee Hearing “Accelerating Progress: U.S. Surface Transportation Research.” Her testimony can be found here, and the full overview of the hearing with the other testimony is here.

She was joined by Hon. Greg Winfree, Agency Director of theTexas A&M Transportation Institute and Dr. Henry Liu, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation for Mcity and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)

Diana’s testimony covered suggestions for how to prioritize transportation research, including automating vehicles to reduce collisions, protecting GPS systems, and incentivizing the domestic production of transportation equipment and components like batteries to avoid espionage from the nation’s enemies. A video of the entire hearing is available on the Committee’s YouTube channel, here.

Diana can be reached at her Energy Policy Research email address, Dianafr@eprinc.org.