I am a stronger believer in the free enterprise system which typically means less government, not more government intervention in the marketplace.

Taxpayers are being asked to be on the potential hook for roughly $2.7 billion should we have a private sector space catastrophe of some kind.

Why should commercial space receive insurance subsidies but not these other industries that are also facing stiff foreign competition?

The purpose of today's hearing is to provide oversight of the National Science Foundation.

Ensuring the Best Stewardship of American Taxpayer Dollars at the National Science Foundation.

I trust there will be no similar surprises in the upcoming NSF OIG report.

It is my hope, Ms. Lerner, that the OIG will continue to be a steward of taxpayer dollars.

The Subcommittee on Research and Science Education will come to order.

I would like to thank all the witnesses for your valuable testimony and insight.

an essential element of future United States economic prosperity is a competent, skilled workforce, one that we cannot achieve without strong STEM education efforts.

By way of emphasis, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified before the House Armed Services Committee last year that our Nation's biggest national security threat is our deficit.