The European Space Agency has really stepped up to the plate on James Webb.
I do fundamentally believe that NASA is a great investment for the United States.
So what we have to do now is, as Mr. Young has noted, we are going back and we're going to make sure...
Space represents, in my view, a very strong soft-power tool for the United States of America to establish leadership.
So when you think about what space represents, it represents a fundamental increase in the standard of living not only for all Americans but...
I would say that others have gained ground, how about that?
You are right. Thank you. Thank you for that.
I understand that. That is fine.
The backlog is untenable for the Federal worker at this point, and it has to be resolved, but it has to be resolved fairly.
Being lawyerly.
the incrementalism of the past would not be enough.
There are lots of issues with OPM that are historic issues there that absolutely affect our Federal retiring workforce dramatically.
If I could say this, Mr. Chairman, as well, Senator Heitkamp and I are in a hearing on the Office of Personnel Management, coming up very so...
It was a terrible idea 15 years ago.
We are paying for the building twice.
We should probably own the facility.
That is a clear line for us that we have to be able to know what is our part, what is this Administration's part.
All right. Jeh Johnson spent a lot of time with this Committee going through DHS and the restructuring and the requests.
