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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “My amendment would allocate $10 million for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Space Force, with the…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
My amendment would allocate $10 million for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Space Force, with the intent that the funds be used for the Space Force Rocket Systems Launch Program. This funding would continue the ongoing single-stage- to-orbit propulsion research that we have funded over the past 3 years and ensure that the commercial space access provider supply chain is as large as possible. Mr. Chair, I ask my colleagues to support this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Sep 27, 2023

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