Bill Nelson

He has exhibited a passion for furthering our country's pre-eminent status and global leadership in space.

NASA has been without a confirmed administrator for the past 284 days.

Barry has been an innovative and passionate leader in the broad weather, oceanic, climate 'enterprise'.

I urge you to vote to approve the nomination of Barry Lee Myers.

I believe Rep. Bridenstine is the kind of leader the agency needs at this critical inflection point for NASA.

I wholeheartedly recommend his confirmation by the Senate.

I am honored to support Rep. Jim Bridenstine's nomination to be the next NASA Administrator.

Congressman Bridenstine has been a passionate advocate for America's space program.

Only very rarely have I seen a member of Congress focus with such intensity and sophistication on an urgent national priority.

It is a pleasure to enthusiastically endorse the nomination of Congressman Jim Bridenstine to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

I believe Congressman Bridenstine will provide that leadership.

I write to express my strongest personal recommendation, and urge your support for a unanimous confirmation, for Representative Jim Bridenstine.

He is the right person with the right skills to lead NASA.

we're going to Mars, and the beginning of that is in 2 years with the launch of the largest rocket, most powerful rocket ever, the SLS with its spacecraft Orion.

just as the Senator from California has outlined the needs of her State, having been hit by a natural disaster, so, too, natural disasters, not wildfires--although we have had plenty in Florida--but hurricanes have hit other States…

So, Ms. Cooper, now, there are a dozen applications in front of the FCC for various new satellite constellations.

And in a recognition of satellites' resiliency and reliability, first responders and those in disaster areas... rely on satellite systems as their lifeline when other communications systems are down.

we are paving the way to a dramatic increase in commercial space activity at the Cape.

it's a critical time, for the space program and space commercialization as well.

I saw firsthand what satellite communication does in a place like Puerto Rico, since so much of it was--you couldn't communicate because there wasn't electricity.

The next generation of satellite-based communications systems holds even more promise.

Well, this is an exciting time because communications satellites are essential links in our globally connected world.

It's going to make access even more affordable for broadband Internet.

the Cape is coming alive.

So goes--well, we'll let you do all your manufacturing out there.