Jerry Lewis: “This amendment addresses $75 million and does not eliminate all the funding for space station. But clearly the House has…”

“This amendment addresses $75 million and does not eliminate all the funding for space station. But clearly the House has spoken in that connection and it almost is in a separate category. We have on a bipartisan basis struck an agreement that provides very significantly broad-based support for an annual amount for space station. We are going forward with that. We have international agreements that take us forward with that. But this amendment addresses the shuttle specifically and in my judgment could in a very significant way impair the process and the work that we are doing there. I urge the Members to recognize what this amendment is in terms of its real purpose; that is, to undermine the mission of NASA, to undermine man's presence in space and, indeed, it would undermine what has been the past will of the House as it reflects the will of the American people for us to continue on this pioneering effort in space.”