Karen Bass: “I certainly support NASA in such respects, but this Project Prometheus is still going to receive a 30 percent increase…”

“I certainly support NASA in such respects, but this Project Prometheus is still going to receive a 30 percent increase after the money is removed for Superfund clean-up. And what the project basically is is an effort to study 3 moons of Jupiter. Even NASA space science chief Ed Weiler told Science Magazine in late March of this year that "Prometheus is more vision than reality" and the entire effort must cost between 8 and 9 billion over the next 10 years. Now I am not here to bash NASA or Project Prometheus, but it is an issue of priorities. Now, of the 10 sites that will not be addressed this year because of this reduction in funding, three of them are in New England and one of them is in Merimack, New Hampshire, and it is an extremely dangerous area which is emitting all sorts of noxious chemicals which need to be addressed immediately. I hope that this Congress and this Committee on Appropriations will seriously consider this small reallocation which will address a problem 10 different places around the country facing very significant issues now.”