Robert Aderholt

And so we appreciate your testimony, and we look forward to working with the National Marrow Donor Program.

Thank you. Thank you. And again, as a fellow Alabamian, we welcome you here, and glad to have your testimony.

Increasing the funding to $1 per student or $56,000,000 would provide ample resources for all these activities to occur.

Even with the committee's generous increase of funding last year, the act only provides less than 30 cents for each of the country's 56 million K-12 students.

The Javits Act remains the Federal Government's primary program to promote educational excellence and close excellence gaps.

Let us show Will how Congress can take action and partner with us, work with NIH, and be a force for change to finally make progress on PANS and PANDAS research.

It was not reduced. It was not reduced, is that what you are saying? It was not----

But there was an offer to reduce the civilian numbers from 1,000 to 500. Is that correct?

There are some rumors out there that the President may overturn Space Command regarding the basing decision.

I certainly would hope that the Department isn't considering reassigning soldiers based on their ideological beliefs.

It is my understanding that the DOD is restricted from using funds or military medical treatment facilities to perform abortions except in the cases of rape or incest or where the life of the mother is in danger.

I understand that and support your attempts to modernize U.S. Air Force to tomorrow's challenges but concerned about the price in terms of aircraft and force structure that the budget proposes to pay to modernize.

In reviewing last year's Space Command basing decision to relocate Space Command headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama, the inspector general ultimately found the basing decision, quote, complied with Federal law and DOD policy and that the…

It is clear that DOD's equipment stocks could prove vital if a similar situation were to arise in the Pacific and Taiwan.

To the extent that is humanly possible, that stuff should be produced in the United States and under our control.

I plan to work with my colleagues to try to address this problem.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding, and thanks for organizing this important Members' Day hearing...

I think that the fiscal year 2023 request needs to be sufficient to ensure that U.S. leadership in space can meet the timeline to return to the moon and moving forward.

Maintaining and enhancing U.S. leadership in space is critical to our economic security, our national defense and diplomatic relations.

I strongly support commercial Leo destination programs that further empower the industry.

I think we are going to have that space race with the Chinese government in the future.

It is critical that the Americans have leadership and that we have dominance in that area.

We appreciate you, Senator Nelson, for being here this morning to discuss the fiscal year 2023 request.

I look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress and, of course, with Chairman Cartwright and this subcommittee to match federal resources with each of the pillars that I have mentioned just now.

In addition to the Department of Defense, funding of NASA must be a priority.