"I am glad that this body and this country is taking this epidemic seriously."
"it doesn't make any sense not to complete this mission and, you know--and do it in a way that optimizes success."
"In many ways, these hearings are a continuation of hearings that the Space Subcommittee had last month on NASA costs and schedule overruns."
"the cost overruns suggest and remind us is the complexity of mentioning when you're thinking about doing something that you've never done."
"I do think there will be robust dialogue and discussion as we look at future missions, future budgets and allocations knowing that this is a pretty significant cost overrun."
"Despite the headline-grabbing finding of schedule and cost growth, the IRB's concluded that James Webb should continue based on its extraordinary scientific potential."
"we can't undo the past. Let's just make sure we learn from the past and we don't repeat the same failures in the future."
"We should make sure that the President's budget request... is not a reflection of how Congress looks at the importance of the region."
"We do have a global duty to help this humanitarian crisis and find some resolution."
"Part of it is self-inflicted. As you're going to the project you realize, hey, you know what, we're doing this, let's remodel the kitchen as well."
"I tend to be a simple person. As I talked about yesterday, putting it in simple terms, I think about it as the contract I made with our daughter when she decided she wanted to go to college."