This is a very timely topic, and in fact, as the Subcommittee embarks on the 115th Congress, I think this is going to be a very vibrant time in how Congress, how our federal government and NASA approach space.

I think it is a valid concern that that licensing regime has stalled innovation.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the ranking member and the chairman for this bill. This bicameral and bipartisan bill that we are considering today, the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017, authorizes NASA's appropriations for the…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to urge all of my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, to oppose this bill that repeals the Affordable Care Act, and here is why. I stand here not as a Member of Congress, but as a doctor. When I took the oath…

I think one of the dangers just kind of listening to the opening statements is regulations are not inherently good or inherently bad, right?

The string of problems that led to the 2014 Nuclear Enterprise Review are a stunning example...

The President has derided the New START Treaty as 'one-sided' and a 'bad deal.'

Space debris is something I would suggest that, Mr. Chairman, this Subcommittee focus on.

If we can do that in 1967, to try to further space cooperation, we could do that today.

we will respond in kind.

just because we don't have to regulate something in advance doesn't mean that there are no regulatory mechanisms ex post

I have noticed that over the years as I have been trying to figure out how the world works that government bureaucratic regulation is actually the most efficient method known to man for turning pure energy into solid waste.

This is a level of discussion that we need to have before we actually move forward with litigation--or legislation, which brings litigation.

We don't want to regulate and protect us to the point that we're not able to do anything in space.

I have been working on this since I have been in Congress, 25 years, and I would like to get it done in my lifetime.

Please understand that these populations have quadrupled since the project feasibility study where significant numbers of homeowners, businesses, infrastructure which remain vulnerable to flooding, and we need to address this as soon as…

We had those discussions often about the Harbor Maintenance account, and also about maybe expanding the definition of the Harbor Maintenance account to go beyond the port facility.

I represent California's 44th Congressional District. It includes areas like San Pedro, Compton, and Watts, and it, most notably, has the Port of Los Angeles in the district.