Mr. Estevez and General Shelton, is it true that the launch of DMSP #20 is being pushed by the White House on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?

Is there a danger and what do you think about it?

I am fully supportive of the funding request; however, I am concerned that the explanation is signaling a piecemeal approach that will never result in an engine replacement and keeps us reliant on Russia.

If you consider space a national security priority, then you absolutely have to consider assured access to space a national security priority.

I would just say if this were a private business and they got a major supplier that they no longer find reliable, they would get busy right now.

if we are to meet the aggressive timelines necessary to replace the RD-180 by the end of the decade, we will need the support of our Nation's best and brightest.

Despite trade laws designed to protect against unfair practices, it is my understanding that dumping and subsidization of foreign products through circumventing the system have become increasingly common.

That is not acceptable.

I would urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to read the amendment. It doesn't stop any group of people in any State or any coastal area in this country from working together to do the things they have to do to protect their…

I am pleased to introduce this amendment on behalf of my distinguished colleague and fellow member of the Natural Resources Committee, Representative Bill Flores of Texas. The National Ocean Policy, created under Executive Order 13547, was…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

Many times, Congress didn't intend.

I respectfully disagree with the gentlewoman. The reason we have a deficit problem is because we are spending money we don't have, and this is a clear example of where we are spending money we don't have. Even under the most optimistic…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 19, line 12, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $1,789,000,000)''. Page 19, line 13, after the dollar amount…

This amendment seeks to strike all of the funding for the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program. This program, under the Department of Energy, allows the government to invest millions of taxpayer dollars in…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Cohen

I believe that we must start with actually securing our border, which we have never done; enforcing our Nation's immigration laws, which we don't do; and definitively saying no to people who come here illegally.

As we speak, what percentage of children that meet the adjudication process are sent home, and what percentage stay in the United States, currently?