I thank the chairwoman of the Rules Committee, Ms. Slaughter, for yielding the time. We're going to fight through these dilatory tactics today and side with the American people and side with families all across this great country. For…

I want to thank the gentleman from California. Mr. Speaker, I oppose this bill. It does nothing to lower costs or little to lower costs, it raises taxes $540 billion, and it cuts Medicare. Being in business and signing the front of payroll…

I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding. Madam Speaker, I applaud the sponsors, cosponsors, and everyone in the body who is taking the time to support the heroes that we're discussing today. I would also like to take this…

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Mr. Speaker, Speaker Pelosi recently said that we have to pass the health care bill so we can find out what's in it. I can tell you what's in it. It does nothing for cost. I'm not a career politician. I have been in business for myself for…

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Do you have to have all the $6 billion to develop it?

it's going to be important that NASA work with the industry to complete a coordinated human-rating draft by the end of this year

at least three billion dollars per year must be added to NASA's appropriation to accomplish the mission

the International Space Station was going to cease to exist in 2015, which, of course, was absolutely ridiculous.

It is my hope that the President will also recognize the angst that is out there in the NASA family.

The funding is inadequate to build a timely replacement for the Space Shuttle

If it were 5, that was the original schedule for the Ares I; it was going to be in 2016.

safety is, and always will be, NASA's first core value

Let me ask Ms. Shotwell and Mr. Culbertson--we're going to try to make some decisions on our authorization and work with the appropriators on which way we're going.

I hope, Mr. Chairman, that you and I will be able to begin to work on a plan that is both supportive of commercial.

I would like to continue the Shuttles and am certainly looking for a way to achieve that.

I think this gap is too important to rely on just commercial and not continue our capabilities.