I thought I would use today as an opportunity to get you to commit to us and to the Afghan women.

We simply can't lose these magnificent treasures.

Astronaut Safety--The safety of our astronauts is my number one priority.

I want to talk to you about women in Afghanistan.

We have made a lot of progress, a lot of scientific progress on fuels reduction.

Space operations are among the most complex and unforgiving pursuits ever undertaken by humans. It really is rocket science.

New human-rated launch vehicles will likely be more reliable once they reach maturity, but, in the meantime, the Shuttle is in the enviable position of being through its infant mortality phase. Its flight experience and demonstrated…

You are a great Subcommittee Chairman, and I say that really from my heart because you are moving so much good legislation through this Committee.

I am so happy that Senator Feinstein is here, great leader on so many of these issues and on the issue of Lake Tahoe in particular today.

Thank you. Thank you so much. We're going to let you have 7 minutes for questions.

I particularly want to thank Senators Voinovich and Bond on this committee for voting to move forward with that jobs bill.

We are now seeing colleagues attack American's most respected institutions.

As legislators we need to make policy based on the science.

Now our job, as Senator Inhofe says, is to get the facts and make the policy.

The extreme weather. This is not conjecture.

I think there was more than a hint there that, because it snowed so much in February in Washington, that that proves that the climate is not warming.

We are going to create jobs by cleaning up carbon dioxide pollution as well.

There has not been one agency in America, NOAA, NASA, DOD, CIA that to my knowledge has backed off their views.

I really urge my colleagues to read this article, Uncertainty Over Proposals in Congress Has Firms Holding Off on Investments.

Every ice front in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula has been retreating overall from 1947 to 2009.

The last decade was the hottest ever recorded. So, these are the facts. No one can dispute this.

Thank you very much, Senator.

Children are especially vulnerable to pollution, and we must ensure that they are protected.

I want to ask you about the Superfund. We are going from 22 clean ups to 25 clean ups, and I am a little concerned that we are not being aggressive enough.

If you want to create jobs in America let us keep that money here.