NASA is refusing to allow [Orion] to move forward.

Well, that would be our hope.

We believe that is the framework that we could achieve. It meets the President's priorities, but understands the priorities of the space coalition here in the Senate for a very balanced space program.

We're about to see the end of our Nation's ability to launch our own astronauts into space.

it just seems to me that it would be very difficult to leave out both Houston and Florida.

I'm afraid we're falling away and falling behind in that area.

We should not expect [the Russians] to shoulder their space program and ours, when we should be able to do it ourselves.

Once the shuttles are retired, we will be reduced to buying seats on Russian vehicles for the foreseeable future.

The NASA authorization bill allows NASA to modify any contract from the Constellation program.

We are about to see the end of our Nation's ability to launch our own astronauts into space.

This administration places our investment in the space station and its capabilities, as well as our future exploration capabilities at serious risk.

I see the administration placing our investment in the space station and its capabilities at risk.

I just want to go back to the law that was passed in 2010 regarding the disposition of the orbiter vehicles.

I compliment the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for not only being the world leader in human space flight for the last five decades...

Our future depends on reaffirming America's role as the world's engine of scientific discovery and technological innovation. And that leadership tomorrow depends on how we educate our students today, especially in math, science…

Hospital emergency departments are a major component of the Nation's health care safety net as they are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The subcommittee stands in recess until Thursday, April 14, at 10 a.m., when we will take the testimony of Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke.

We cannot sustain technology with repeated cost overruns.