I would say that there is a significant difference of opinion about that.

We cannot operate our science agencies on the cheap, and we should not operate them without clear, multi-year direction.

that would mean 25 percent less fuel, which is a good thing for the airlines, but might also be a good thing in the overall energy policy of the country.

I look forward to working with him and Ranking Member Cruz to make sure that NASA and the United States keep their leadership position.

We are sucking air when it comes to the needs of infrastructure.

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.

We are sucking air when it comes to the needs of infrastructure.

We are on the same page, and NASA owns and operates that local public water system, so we have every reason to continue this investigation.

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

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

The X-59, which is this extraordinarily super designed needle-nosed aircraft is going to fly at the end of this year.

I want us to get there first.

I think what you have said, a 5-year authorization bill, would be very, very well received in the aerospace community.

NASA clearly has a vested interest in attracting, engaging, and preparing its future STEM professionals.

Our seed corn is research and development. We do not want to ever give that up, and that is the mission of NASA.

We are on the same page, and NASA owns and operates that local public water system, so we have every reason to continue this investigation.

Everything that we are doing is being approached in this commercial public/private partnership.

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

Let me define the problem and give you the background.

We cannot identify every object. However, NEO Surveyor will be able to identify 90 percent of all the potential asteroids that are greater than 140 meters wide within the 10 years of the launch.

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.

For NASA to continue to innovate, we need to attract the next generation of engineers, inventors, chemists, biologists, astronauts, and so much more.

It will fly supersonic but its design is such a radical design, that instead of pushing the bow wave going through the atmosphere, as you go from subsonic to supersonic, which causes that audible sound that goes 'boom, boom,' it will…

It is the research and development that allows this country to move forward.

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.