I have been a long-time supporter personally of developing telescopes of deep space missions as well as astronomy in general.

Now, again, I'm going to have a plebian approach to my questions, and that is, I watch the History channel.

We have a Chairman who's a visionary, and we're lucky to have him there to be able to touch on things like this.

Actually some of the things you're doing now and you're studying will give us understanding maybe 100 years from now on something that may be an incredible breakthrough for humankind like the idea that it's possible to have time travel.

Outstanding claims require outstanding evidence.

You seem to be giving credit to the Chinese Government and the Chinese people who are now under that government for many of the advances that I do not believe they deserve credit for.

I investigated this for 6 months on my own.

I remember full well in the 1990s when, during the Clinton administration, you had some of his biggest political backers who were channeling money from the aerospace industries in China to the Clinton campaign.

Let me just state right off the bat that, Dean Cheng--is it mister? It is not doctor, but it is--right.

I know we're getting a great deal of understanding from your labor and your effort that you're putting in to this project.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley), my good friend and Democratic Caucus chairman.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), my good friend and colleague and the chair of the Nigeria Caucus.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Suozzi), my fellow colleague on the Foreign Affairs Committee.

this is a disruptive question that we're asking, are we alone, and so it doesn't just touch on science but it also touches on philosophy, legal issues, all kinds of issues.

Let's make sure we continue to find that exploration externally but we also understand NASA's multi-mission role here on Earth.

We're curious by nature. We're explorers.

This is a great hearing, right? I mean, it is a seminal question, particularly again if we want to stimulate our next generation to really, you know, get interested in science.

The disruption that answers that question of are we alone is remarkable.