Dana Rohrabacher: “Mr. Chairman, today the Appropriations Committee has brought before the House a bill which, a bill which, among other…”

“Mr. Chairman, today the Appropriations Committee has brought before the House a bill which, a bill which, among other things, funds our nation's civilian space agency, NASA, for fiscal year 1999. As chairman of the authorizing subcommittee for NASA, I think it's fair to say that there has not always been perfect agreement between the authorizers and appropriators on the priorities for NASA's budget. But this year I cannot say enough to praise the FY99 NASA appropriation in H.R. 4194 that my good friend from California Mr. Lewis and my friend from Ohio, Mr. Stokes, have brought to the floor today. Many of the top priorities of the Science Committee, as expressed in H.R. 1275, the bipartisan Civilian Space Authorization Act which this House passed last year, have been honored and emphasized in H.R. 4194. Let me just mention a few: First, the Committee has sent a clear message to NASA that there is a limit to how much money we can spend on the International Space Station.”