My staff tells me that the situation is incredibly fluid and because of the difficulty to really predict what the costs will be over the next, what, 18 months, it is hard for us to conceive right now what the supplemental will look like.

I do not like to see any of these funds left, have us get supplementals when there is money in technical funds we created in the past that is not being charged.

The families of those lost should know that their loved ones have changed history for the good, have liberated a nation of 25 million people, and made our Nation more secure.

The most important question is, do you fish, General?

With respect to Alaska, the commission reviewed the VA leases in Anchorage, due to expire in 2007, and the Army-provided space at the Basset Army Community Hospital in Fairbanks.

I would hope that somehow or other we would work out something in terms of this contract care concept and let them have an opportunity to obtain treatment in Alaska.

Well, Administrator O'Keefe, you make us all proud of the job that you're doing with NASA and I want you to know that I personally have great confidence in what you're doing.

With this vision, what is going to happen with the other non-space needs of the programs that NASA is involved in during this period of growth?

I ask you to join me in ensuring these projects move ahead as expeditiously as possible.

We will do all we can to maximize funds for health care in 2005 and work with you in that regard.

I keep hearing from veterans in Alaska regarding their concerns over the funding of veterans health care.

I am going to offer to take the whole committee to Alaska, and I am going to start at Ketchikan...