"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for having this timely hearing and thank you to the witnesses."
"The future of our nation depends on our commitment to scientific research and innovation."
"So I think this is a very timely hearing as we start to think about, you know, the next technologies and observatories that let us look into our origins as well as what is out there."
"With James Webb, am I understanding this correctly, we'll look sometimes backwards in time and look at star formation and, you know, trace the evolution of these galaxies from birth to death and learn..."
"in an ideal world, we'd have unlimited resources and all of these missions would provide us vast knowledge"
"we really believe and I'm a strong believer in the wisdom of having a process like the National Academies' insights really driving us"
"Anytime you can say neurotoxic amyloid plaques in Congress that is a good day, particularly, as a physician."
"the urgency of addressing this issue and, you know, looking for ways to mitigate the disease but also ultimately looking at ways to reverse and cure disease are, obviously, our ultimate goals."
"I think the Alzheimer's Association has done a wonderful job elevating the level of dialogue but also elevating the dialogue on, you know, why this is a global epidemic."
"This is a great hearing and a great time for this hearing to get an update on NASA's exploration systems development activities."
"However, a program of this size does not happen without challenges, and NASA's human space exploration program is facing several."
"Independent analysis by GAO and NASA's Office of Inspector General have also identified concerns with NASA's ability to meet projected launch dates."