01/26/2015
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"I believe as a veteran member of the Appropriations Committee looking at all the aspects of the various requests for money that the NIH, I think, by far is the best investment we have made."
"I thought the SLS would support a 2017 launch date, which is the current plan. Is that wrong?"
"Could you assure the subcommittee that the funding for SLS will be consistent with Joint Confidence Levels required for all other major NASA projects?"
"I am concerned that the budget request for SLS is a sign that NASA intends to advance a funding profile that supports a Joint Confidence Level well below the 70 percent threshold."