I want one of you to tell me how NASA's human spaceflight programs advance the agency's overall mission today and in the future.

The proposal by the Administration to, what I would call, kill the Constellation program... will be, in a word, devastating.

Curiosity is the essence of human existence.

I do think there are interesting opportunities to leverage off of things.

I believe the President was poorly advised.

Washington must respond to the ongoing genocide and the ongoing failure to implement the CPA with consistency and strong consequences.

I want to continue a little bit along the line of Senator Bunning. I also had some concerns about the arbitrariness of what the standards are of breaking trades, but you have got to draw a line somewhere.

The President has pledged $3.7 billion for STEM education in the budget, including $1 billion for K-12 STEM education.

That's why it's so difficult for other countries to match what we have.

It's a considerable amount of time.

the NSFS requirement was to be addressed, in part, by the DDG-1000, but now that there are only three ships being procured, what capabilities have been identified to meet NSFS needs?

My comment today, Mr. Chairman, is basically just a note of caution, in terms of how dangerous it would be for us to waver from this essential part of our strategic makeup.

what is the status of the AoA for Joint Fires Capabilities?

You don't field a navy to fight another navy. You field military forces to protect your essential national interests.

is the Navy assessing modular systems that could be deployed on a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to help satisfy Marine Corps requirements for surface fire support?

Our Navy, as I believe all of you would agree, is vital to the strategic posture of the United States.

I think it would be a very serious mistake to cut back the defense budget or to alter the defense budget in order to fund ground forces that are in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Let's be very, very careful, in terms of what we do affecting our long-term viability.