Adam Schiff: “I want to join the chairman and my colleague and friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) in strong opposition…”

“I want to join the chairman and my colleague and friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) in strong opposition to the Markey amendment. I appreciate the colleague's interest in increasing funding for the Superfund program, and I share that desire, but this is most emphatically not the way. To divert $115 million in funds away from a critical NASA project, Prometheus, is not the way. Project Prometheus and the exploration of the icy moons of Jupiter has been rated as top priority by the National Academy of Sciences. JPL has recently launched two Mars Rovers, aptly named Spirit and Opportunity, to land on the red planet and determine whether there was or has been water on that planet and help science unlock the geologic mysteries of our solar system. This work in Project Prometheus is a bold, new venture and will revolutionize solar system exploration using nuclear power and propulsion.”