Without these funds, I believe NASA's ability to reach far beyond Earth's orbit is at risk of delay and cost escalation.

In the area of getting into non-discretionary funding, nearly 5 percent of NASA's budget proposal is comprised of funding gimmicks, I believe, which are contingent upon tax increases and other legislation that is yet or maybe will never be…

It is my belief in my 44 years of experience that public housing is itself a failed business model.

The truth is that NASA's request is only $18.26 billion, a cut of $1 billion from what this subcommittee provided in the last fiscal year.

the discretionary budget request proposes, which I mentioned in my opening statement, to cut SLS by $770 million, and Orion by $217 million.

We appreciate your appearance today. We look forward to trying to work with you in putting this appropriation together.

I think American industry has risen to the occasion when you look at Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos and what he is doing with ULA and the team there, to help develop a new launch system.

Asking for less invites delay, increased costs, and inefficient program management, I believe.

We all want to get rid of them, but we have to be measured in how we do it.

Well, I think we have a lot of work to do in the subcommittee, but with Senator Mikulski's experience and help, maybe we can work through it.

But how confident are you that the OMB plan that they are holding will do all this?

I am discouraged by the delayed launch of the 'GOES-R' satellite from October 2015 to October 2016.