While the bill that I had filed had a hearing, it never made it to the Senate Floor.

I'm all for that, because I was the author of working out, in 2006, to give the oil industry an additional 8.3 million acres.

I want to thank Senator Nelson and his staff for their continued support of our tribe in this process.

I've had national security on my side, because that's the largest training and testing area for the United States military in the world.

I can rail all day about protecting Florida's coastline and our $65-billion-a-year tourism industry that depends on beaches that don't have tar balls on them.

They participated in the Federal acknowledgement process in 1978, that is 31 years ago, without a decision.

I am here to mirror the frustration that you all have just expressed in your opening comments with a process that needs to be repaired and that needs to be improved.

Ranking Member Vitter and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you.

I think that is the reason why we would do a disservice to the Columbia results.

The ISS is the only laboratory of its kind.

If the ISS were abandoned in 2016, what potential research do you think would be unrealized?

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you on the benefits and applications of space based research.