the reason Puerto Rico could not be helped right away was because it was an island surrounded by water in the middle of the ocean

Very interesting. Well, then that throws out like half of my questions here.

Nowhere is that more prominent than in the discussion of climate change. The Trump administration has pursued a relentless agenda of climate change denial.

There seems to have been clear attempts to bury the unbiased research and conclusions of the scientists who work for the Federal Government.

Since January 2017, there has been a consistent effort to undermine the Federal agencies that make the United States the world leader in science and technology.

the role of this Presidential Committee is to attack scientific findings.

Mr. Aderholt and I may disagree again. But we are big supporters and we intend to continue to work on that together.

Does OSTP plan to coordinate with federal grant making departments and agencies to develop consistent policy as to what constitutes foreign influence?

It is just that we have to pay for a lot of other things, so----

I would like to see that. That would be good.

I didn't kill the mission. I just asked some questions that I know that you know need to be answered before we move forward or not.

I am proud of the fact that I was able to deal with issues that ordinary people would think I was stereotypically not capable of dealing with.

I think we are 3 to 7 years away from massive amounts of capital flowing into commercial space industry for human habitation in low-Earth orbit.

I certainly don't want to leave these folks after I leave this year, and Mrs. Lowey leaves at the same time, with having to figure out how to pay the other $25 billion over a period of time.

Would you keep that support if the people knew that eventually it would have to take money from their very-needed situation?

NASA has support from this committee, as our mark showed, as our bill showed.

I don't want to go to the Moon by taking money from people who can't afford to survive in this society to the level that they should survive in this society.

This is not just about finding the money, it is about where this President is known to go find monies when he needs them.