Mike Honda: “It is important that we have women involved because if it is purely men, we tend to think in certain ways.”

I want to thank my colleague, Mr. Foster, and on the other side, Congressman Huizenga of Michigan, for bringing this up. It is an issue that has been a long time in coming forward. I thank Mr. Heck of Nevada, also, for the gentleman's…

Omar Mateen should not have had access to a gun, yet he walked into the Pulse nightclub and murdered 49 people and injured many more. Syed Farooq and Tashfeen Malik should not have had access to guns, but were able to buy several weapons…

Seed funding is essential. I talked to--in each of the venues that I visited, the leadership in those communities told me we would never have come together organically.

This is the time to be investing in NASA, not selling it short.