I felt that the James Webb Space Telescope was so critical to this Nation and the international science community, we could not make that shortsighted decision.

I have to tell you you were absolutely right. Last year when you expressed the concern that James Webb would, among other things, cannibalize everything else you were absolutely, absolutely right.

And by presenting this as a fait accompli, as the administration is trying to do, you are trying to pit one NASA institution, one space effort, against another.

I cannot in good conscience support a budget that says that America's days of leadership in space science are limited;

the last thing I am going to say, and I appreciate the indulgence of the chairman because I know I have taken more than my time, those are all fine words, but they do not make it so.

defunding Europa does not mean that you are pushing forward with Europa; canceling the flagships does not mean you are pushing forward with an aggressive Mars program.

I have to conclude that the administration, OMB, knew all along that they were going to cancel the Mars missions.

that is a very sad proposal and one that I cannot accept.

I can only conclude that you and OMB and the White House had already made the decision you were going to cancel the Flagship mission and just did not want to tell us.

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