Adam Schiff

I heard from a number of people that we would be able to attract a lot of financial investment if we had a better functioning EB-5 program.

We kick them out of the country, which seems enormously counterproductive to me, given that we are not creating enough engineers and scientists here.

I wanted to just make sure I understood the numbers that the chairman went over.

But the planned trajectory is pretty steep.

That is a very sad proposal and one that I cannot accept.

Defunding Europa does not mean that you are pushing forward with Europa; canceling the flagships does not mean you are pushing forward with an aggressive Mars program.

The last thing I am going to say, and I appreciate the indulgence of the chairman because I know I have taken more than my time, those are all fine words, but they do not make it so.

I cannot in good conscience support a budget that says that America's days of leadership in space science are limited;

I felt that the James Webb Space Telescope was so critical to this Nation and the international science community, we could not make that shortsighted decision.

I can only conclude that you and OMB and the White House had already made the decision you were going to cancel the Flagship mission and just did not want to tell us.

And by presenting this as a fait accompli, as the administration is trying to do, you are trying to pit one NASA institution, one space effort, against another.

I have to conclude that the administration, OMB, knew all along that they were going to cancel the Mars missions.

I have to tell you you were absolutely right. Last year when you expressed the concern that James Webb would, among other things, cannibalize everything else you were absolutely, absolutely right.

The way the current budget works neither of the top decadal priorities are going to go anywhere.

I am deeply troubled by the NASA budget in which science is cut overall by $62 million planetary science by more than $300 million.

I believe he has the background, experience, integrity, intellect, and reputation in the community that will serve him well as a U.S. district court judge and reflect well on the judiciary.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 28, line 23, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased by $79,640,000)''. Page 32, line 4, after the dollar amount…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Garamendi

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 24, line 6, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR…

I thank the gentleman. The only concluding point I want to make is the funds that are held in the escrow account, if the Congress subsequently decides because of budgetary problems they have a better use for those funds, they want to be…

Thank you, and I will be very brief. If the funds that are sequestered--first of all, it requires another act of Congress to appropriate those sequestered funds back to the Patent Office. If it was never the intention to divert those, then…

It is deeply distressing to me that a war crimes tribunal prosecuting people responsible for that genocide should be stymied for lack of resources.

Bin Laden is not the face of the Arab world, and instead, it is that of Mohamed Bouazizi, a young Tunisian fruit vendor who set himself on fire to protest the endemic corruption of the Ben Ali Government.

The sight of millions of people, mostly young, who are taking to the streets to demand democracy, accountability, and a better future is one that should stir the hearts of every American.

The most important feature of this revolution is that it is organic.