When is this administration going to get the message that the Congress, I believe, is not willing to subsidize so-called commercial vendors at the expense of NASA's core mission of engineering and exploration?

we're going to do our best to make sure that our budget is not only not decreased, but we hopefully increase it a little bit

A fundamental part of the NIH's success over the years has been that scientific need and opportunity have always dictated NIH funding priorities.

I do not agree with the funding level proposed by the administration for the NIH. I believe that the NIH funding should be a priority and that its benefits extend well beyond its research discoveries.

We shouldn't try to kill and tighten up and over-regulate these businesses, should we?

But the bottom line is, and you know this well, is you have to measure what we are spending money for, what is working and what is not working, what centers are efficient and which ones aren't.

I have several concerns about the cost per student, program performance evaluations, and employment outcomes over the life of a Job Corps participant.

the official unemployment rate of 8.3 percent does not adequately illustrate the current employment turmoil.

A lot of us are concerned about the series of Antideficiency Act violations by your Department and the lack of a corrective action to address these unlawful funding practices.

In another area, the fiscal year 2013 budget proposal includes $864 million for the implementation of the new health insurance exchanges.

How will NIH maintain its scientific rigor and innovation when the budget request does not keep pace with the biomedical inflation rate?

The President's answer to control health spending, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ... continues to grow our Nation's deficit.