On the recordJune 19, 2019
Woman, I rise in support of this amendment that is offered by the gentleman from Florida. It is in human nature to explore. Wernher von Braun and his team in Huntsville, Alabama, designed the rockets that took us to the Moon. The Marshall Space Flight Center which is just north of the district I represent in Alabama, put the shuttle through full-scale stress tests as part of its safety certification. Now, the Space Launch System rocket, the most powerful rocket in the world, is 80 percent assembled. With Orion on top--the capsule which allows deep space exploration-- the SLS will launch from Cape Canaveral. As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, we further honor it by pushing ahead with the SLS mission, which will land the first female American astronaut on the Moon's surface. Madam Chairwoman, I urge support of this amendment.
