About the NAS

President Ralph J. Cicerone:
Speeches, Statements, and Interviews

Interviews and Editorials

• Science, February 4, 2010
• Council on Competitiveness' National Energy Summit, September 24, 2009 
• Science, April 24, 2009
• Chemical & Engineering News, October 20, 2005
• The Charlie Rose Show, August 22, 2005
• Science, July 29, 2005
• Nature, July 28, 2005
• NAS Audio Interview, April 2004

Speeches

• African Science Academy Development Initiative Annual Conference, Accra, Ghana, Nov. 9, 2009 (video)
• Avoiding Unmanageable Climate Change and Managing Unavoidable Changes, Science and Technology in Society Forum, Kyoto, Japan, October 4, 2009

Joint Statements 

• Science Academies' Joint Statement: Climate Change, June 11, 2009
• Science Academies and Other Organzations' Joint Statement: Visa Process, June 10, 2009
• Science Academies' Joint Statement: Ocean Acidification, June 1, 2009
• Science Academies' Joint Statement: Presidents Comment on President Obama's Directives, March 9, 2009
• Science Academies' Joint Statement: Scientific Visits to Iran, December, 26, 2008
• Statement from the National Academy of Sciences: Initiative Announced to Connect Entertainment Industry with Top Experts, December 19, 2008
• Academies' Presidents Statement on Passage of America Competes Act , August 3, 2007 
• Science Academies' Joint Statement: Promotion and Protection of Innovation, May 16, 2007
• Science Academies' Joint Statement: Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, and Climate Protection, May 16, 2007
• Joint Statement of Cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and the U.S. National Academies, March 15, 2007
• Academies' Presidents Statement on President Bush's "American Competitiveness Initiative", February 1, 2006
• Academies' Presidents Commemorate International Human Rights Day, December 9, 2005
• Statement from National Academy of Sciences and the InterAcademy Panel on Biosecurity, December 1, 2005
• Joint Statement from the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Teachers Association Regarding the Withholding of Copyright Permission to the Kansas State  Board of Education, October 27, 2005
• Academies' Presidents Comment on Proposed Export-Control Rule, October 13, 2005

Congressional Testimony

• Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, U.S. House of Representatives, May 20, 2010
• Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, March 3, 2009
• Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, July 27, 2006
• Energy and Natural Resources Commmittee, U.S. Senate, October 18, 2005 (with Norman Augustine)
• Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, July 21, 2005
• Global Climate and Impacts Subcommittee, U.S. Senate, July 20, 2005