In the year 2013 in the United States of America, our seniors should not be worried about where they will get their next meal.

The choice is ours. This committee will play an important role in that debate.

The good news is the Older Americans Act is an important part of the solution.

Doing otherwise would not only be a disservice to the men and women at NASA, its contractor workforce and the American people, but would effectively set the agency on a path to failure.

NASA has been and should continue to be the Nation's crown jewel for spurring innovation, highly skilled and good-paying jobs, and inspiring the next generation of scientists.

It is vital that any new NASA Authorization match that same standard.

Thank you, Dr. Squyres and Mr. Young. It is always good to have you here...

I think we both agree that a strong NASA is critical to the nation and that this Authorization is a vitally important opportunity to set the policy direction and authorize funding needed to ensure America's global leadership in space.

what this says to the bad actors is that we could continue to do the stuff that we do and keep coming right back to the government and saying, keep me in business, not for a year or two, but for generations.

we in Congress have a lot of motion, commotion, emotion and no results.

where is the justice, or is it just us?

What this shows: the green bars are the growth in non-security discretionary spending since 2001.

There is no attempt here to muzzle, stifle any Senator from asking any line of questions.

We need to prevent hackers, nation-states, and criminals from stealing our cyber identities.

We do not want that to happen as we move forward in this cyber domain.

We need to make sure we spend the money well.

I think the intel community, which is primarily particularly a DOD civilian force--you need that flexibility.

I want to acknowledge the work of Senator Durbin and the Ranking Member Cochran on Defense.