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Independent analysis by GAO and NASA's Office of Inspector General have also identified concerns with NASA's ability to meet projected launch dates.

However, a program of this size does not happen without challenges, and NASA's human space exploration program is facing several.

One thing I think we can be proud of as a Nation is that investment in a generation of girls.

I think we all want to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies.

We ought to make family planning funds more accessible.

I think the policy he is putting forth is going to make us weaker and have less influence around the world.

If our goal is to reduce the number of pregnancy terminations and reduce the number of unintended pregnancies, what I will tell you is the last time this policy under George Bush was implemented, the number of abortions rose 20 percent as…

America is a better place and the world is a better place when America is engaged globally.

We currently have 35 kilograms of Pu-238. Is that our current stockpile, Mr. Schurr?

And it's reasonable to assume that there are no other countries currently capable of producing Pu-238 that we know about?

But it wouldn't make sense I think if we're going to deeper space not to have that ability to collect and communicate.

So if we're projecting into the future past 2025 and further, we know more of the international community is getting involved and thinking about space exploration as we go into deeper and deeper space.

the eclipse was absolutely exciting, right?

So this is the time to use that bully pulpit.

we can't sit idly by.

we are seeing genocide and ethnic cleansing repeating itself.

We have to do everything we can to support Jordan.

It would be better done if we had those positions filled.

We need those folks on the ground representing us.

Let's get these positions filled.

And, you know, that exploration, as the Chairman touched on, you know, if in fact we confirm the presence of lunar ice there, can have huge impact.

I think this is a very timely hearing, obviously, as we think about the U.S. role in the world the important mission of USAID and the emerging importance and dynamism of South Asia.

It also does emphasize the important work of this Subcommittee as well as the Full Committee in better understanding Earth sciences, better understanding weather changes, and making sure that we do have the best forecasting equipment and…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And actually before I begin, I want to express my full support and sympathies to both you, your constituents in your district, and the employees at the NASA Johnson Space Center, and all those that were affected by…

Now, we don't know exactly when humans will return to the lunar surface, but what is clear is that we're at the doorstep of a renaissance in Moon exploration.