The inclusion of these waters will broaden the scope of the Clean Water Act and will increase the cost associated with each program.

Unfortunately, the EPA analysis relies on a flawed methodology for estimating the extent of newly jurisdictional waters that systematically underestimates the impact of the definitional changes.

This Administration made the decision to mothball our Space Shuttles and put them in museums rather than keeping them available should circumstances or emergencies dictate their use.

I must admit that I am somewhat astonished by your testimony that shifts responsibility from this Administration to Congress for American's current inability to launch astronauts into space.

This Administration made the unilateral 2010 decision to cancel NASA's human spaceflight Constellation program, thereby delaying America's return to human spaceflight.

It has been said that to some degree America has been playing marbles...while Russia is playing chess.

I very much appreciate the altruistic motivations that I have heard in support of this legislation, but quite frankly I don't believe America's financial condition is such that it supports spending this money that we don't have on these…

I have serious concerns and reservations with NASA's potential plans to lease Kennedy Space Flight Center's launch complex 39A exclusively to one company.

I think it recognizes the risk to our country and our world.

Hopefully, we will be able to restore America's preeminence in both fields in our near future.

What assurances can you give America that this White House, this Administration won't unilaterally undermine or cancel the Space Launch System?

The fundamental basic research taking place at U.S. research universities is essential to the future prosperity of our Nation.

Collaboration between business and academia helps fuel research necessary for American innovation and helps prepare a workforce that meets the needs of industry.

I'm not sure there are going to be very many Americans around the country that are satisfied with a 90-percent failure rate and a 10-percent success rate.

It is the role and responsibility of Congress to work to prevent overspending, ensure that federally funded programs do not impede the work of the private sector and provide the best return on the taxpayer dollar.

But over time, creating wealth by training people how to be self-sufficient is the thing, in my humble opinion, that will eventually reduce the entitlement's burden.

We have to have results if we're going to be able to justify this program long-term.

It is one thing to be involved in basic science... It is another thing, though, for the federal government to go past the basic science and to start getting into the free enterprise system.

To the extent the federal government is the determiner of who is successful and who fails, then you have politicians that are making those decisions.

We had a serious philosophical battle between socialism on the one hand... and free enterprise on the other end.

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

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.

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.

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