"The importance of finding resolution to the Syrian issue is paramount because the other impression I walked away with is most of the Syrian refugees did not have a side in this civil war."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for having this timely hearing and thank you to the witnesses."
"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."
"in an ideal world, we'd have unlimited resources and all of these missions would provide us vast knowledge"
"The future of our nation depends on our commitment to scientific research and innovation."
"we really believe and I'm a strong believer in the wisdom of having a process like the National Academies' insights really driving us"
"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..."
"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."
"Anytime you can say neurotoxic amyloid plaques in Congress that is a good day, particularly, as a physician."
"This is a great hearing and a great time for this hearing to get an update on NASA's exploration systems development activities."