I think the DoE should reward homegrown projects first, and all things being equal, a domestic project should get priority on funding.
America didn't become a superpower by international collaboration; it did so out of invention and innovation, and a sense of patriotic duty.
On a very basic level, I'd like to know just how many jobs are going overseas because of our government's international investments as opposed to the good that funding can do right here on our soil.
How much international funding did Fermilab get when it was initially built?