That is why I ask you to slow down.

I want to work with you and the administration to try to get more funding for vital programs

Will you check on that and get back to us?

Recent language that was included in the 2003 omnibus appropriations bill directed NASA...

Plus you have flexibility that way.

That's a big leap, isn't it?

What about NASA's unique needs and DOD's requirements? What kind of challenges do you have there and how do you address those challenges?

And the field centers would contribute to the overall program?

Are you familiar with that announcement?

most of us, if not all, believe that NASA is still vastly underfunded, considering the potential there

Thank you Madam Chairman for calling this hearing today to examine the President's proposal to form the Terrorist Threat Information Center (TTIC).

I felt confident at that time that the United States government had the statutory tools it needed to make our country a safer place.