The American people count on the FBI to protect them from those people that have predatory intent against them.

You've touched our hearts, and you've also made history.

Hello to all of our astronauts on Space Shuttle Atlantis. You are taking part in something quite historical, not only have you given the Hubble a new life, but you're going to give the Senate a new lease on life.

this is the way we ought to be at the table, I might add, authorizers and appropriators, not only celebrating, but really working together for the good of the country.

Talk about having a screw loose.

Well, I understand that the Hubble has led to 7,000 scientific papers, and that the information on Hubble, even that which continues to be analyzed, could fill two Libraries of Congress.

This is--this is stunning, and it will--it impacts thousands of lives.

Well, I think that's very interesting. What I would like to ask, is that you make available, the Dr. Joyce Winterton, Assistant Administrator for Education, to meet with our staff so that we really have an idea of the comprehensive scope…

Let me say why I'm raising this.

The President has made a significant investment in this year's budget, and we really appreciate this.

We are so proud, here, in this subcommittee, that we fund 80 percent of all climate change science.

And we need them to stay.

I mean, I'm going to the edge of my chair, I'm going to sound like Bill Nelson, launching.

Let's go to the Soyuz, which is our only way that, if our astronauts get into difficulty, we can return them safely.

But the administration is counting on these 8 flights to be done by 2010.

The reality is that rocket science is hard. It is not a cheap venture, and it is not without risk.

I would have trouble supporting a budget that is poised to eliminate a real manned space program and instead maintains the fantasy of one.

I think President Obama has made an excellent choice in selecting you.