Bill Nelson: “I might say to Ms. Walsh, indeed I know Wilbur Ross is from Florida, and he is quite interested in trade.”

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.

When we find those, by the way, not only looking for life, we start to understand their development, and we better understand who we are, why we are here, how we got here, and all of this evolution of the cosmos.

We do everything that we can to partner with not only commercial industry but also universities and other academic institutions.

Continued Congressional support is critical to the success of the CLD program.