Political Quotes

“I rise today to recommend and urge my colleagues to vote for Jim Bridenstine as Administrator of NASA. We will be voting on his nomination momentarily. Jim Bridenstine has incredible experience, an incredible resume, and an incredible understanding of the mission before NASA. We need somebody with a vision. We need somebody who actually has an idea of where we should take our great space mission--somebody who has commercial experience, somebody who has government experience, somebody who has management experience, and, yes, somebody who has experience within the industry itself, and that person is Jim Bridenstine. Jim has bipartisan support and support from the House. My fellow colleague, Democratic Congressman Ed Perlmutter from Colorado, along with a dozen other Democratic Members from the House of Representatives, said that Jim Bridenstine will be an excellent NASA Administrator. He has the understanding, background, capability, and, more importantly, the drive and desire to do an excellent and outstanding job at NASA. I urge my colleagues to vote yes. You just heard our colleague Richard Burr talk about Director Pompeo's nomination as Secretary of State. Blind bipartisanship cannot be the only reason that drives votes in this Chamber. Whether it is for the Secretary of State or the Director of NASA, I urge my colleagues to vote yes, put partisanship aside, and start moving these nominations and doing what is right for this country.…”