{"id":29216,"date":"2026-02-02T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=29216"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:17:04","slug":"sen-ossoff-cosponsoring-bipartisan-legislation-to-bolster-scientific-research","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-cosponsoring-bipartisan-legislation-to-bolster-scientific-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Cosponsoring Bipartisan Legislation to Bolster Scientific Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to pass bipartisan legislation to bolster scientific research nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff cosponsored the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>RESEARCHER Act<\/em>&nbsp;to support scientific researchers and strengthen the STEM workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bipartisan bill, first introduced by Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), aims to help incentivize more students to pursue research careers, and strengthen U.S. competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe United States has long been a global leader in scientific research, and we must continue to expand our research capabilities,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8220;This bipartisan legislation will help maintain America\u2019s competitiveness on the global stage and support the next generation of researchers and scientists in Georgia and across the Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff continues to support Georgia students pursuing careers in STEM and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoffs-push-to-expand-columbus-state-universitys-stem-robotics-programs-passes-congress%EF%BF%BC\/\">won<\/a>&nbsp;bipartisan support to expand Columbus State University\u2019s STEM and robotics programs, securing $635,000 to help expand the partnership between Columbus State University, its Coca-Cola Space Science Center, and the Muscogee County School District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in 2022, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-rep-adams-lead-bicameral-push-to-invest-in-research-development-at-hbcus\/\">led<\/a>&nbsp;a bicameral group of lawmakers urging Senate and House leadership to maintain a $1.2 billion funding level for HBCUs, Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), and MSIs to boost research and innovation capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/1664\/text\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to read the&nbsp;<em>RESEARCHER Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to pass bipartisan legislation to bolster scientific research nationwide. Sen. Ossoff cosponsored the bipartisan&nbsp;RESEARCHER Act&nbsp;to support scientific researchers and strengthen the STEM workforce. The bipartisan bill, first introduced by Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), aims to help incentivize more students to pursue research careers, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29216","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29217,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29216\/revisions\/29217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}