Bill Nelson: “The Senate is a wonderful institution, we've actually had three astronaut Senators--John Glenn, Jake Garn, and Bill…”

One of the reasons you and I were able to accomplish so much on this committee is both of us worked very hard to keep politics out of NASA and to focus on the core mission of exploration.

NASA is committed to building a diverse, skilled future STEM workforce--our next generation of explorers with the technical skills needed to carry forward our Nation's vital mission.

Not only work with you, we want it to work, because the Habitable Worlds, which is one that we go in the 2040s, we have got to start it now.

In the parlance of the South, this dog doesn't hunt.