Bill Nelson: “Let me be clear to you, Mr. Chairman, and to the Committee and the American people.”

I assure you NASA is and will be if, I am around, not only bipartisan, but nonpartisan, and it will continue that way.

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.

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.

This is a watershed moment for planetary defense and all of humanity.