Bill Nelson: “To follow that up, the Chinese have twice as many vessels to support their fishing fleet.”

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.

You and I in this committee have a different approach to what is happening to the earth's climate.

NASA has proven we are serious as a defender of the planet.

It is a real problem, and we are going to have some catastrophic consequences if we cannot get nations that are launching things into space to provide enough fuel to have a controlled reentry.