Well, I'll be honest with you, I'm afraid they're going to look at the messages of this budget, and if they want to be an astronaut, they're...
resources without vision is a waste of time and money. And that's what I think this budget represents.
I don't think you were the original or prime architect of this budget at all.
I will fight, with every ounce of energy I have, to defeat this budget or anything like it, to fundamentally change it.
I believe this new budget is a big step backward, because of the, you know, fundamental problems I've tried to underscore.
I absolutely want seventh-graders to think about Mars, because that is the sort of thing that will inspire them.
President Kennedy didn't say, 'We're going to spend several billion dollars and do some really neat R&D.'
Mars is the focus of our design reference mission.
I absolutely believe that this budget and the vision it represents would end our human spaceflight program as we know it.
I will be a strong, fierce, and active opponent of that, should that be proposed.
Again, I just disagree. I believe the consensus opinion reaction to this budget is that it is a radical departure.
The very lifeblood and continued relevance of our Nation's proud and pioneering space program hangs in the balance.
This budget, as the Chairman very correctly noted, is a budget without a mission.
Your Department really stepped up with the Department of State to help process about 900 adoptions.
I was pleased to see increases for the State Homeland Security Grant Program, Urban Area Security Initiative, and FEMA management and operat...
We believe it is extremely cost effective and it is helping us train our first responders.
We are very concerned that this fund may run out of money, Madam Secretary, because there are still some major projects pending for reimburs...
I specifically appreciate your partnership with Secretary Gates to marry the hard power of our military with the smart power of our diplomac...
