Do you think that NASA will pass its audits this year?

And according to your answer on AMS, the same would be true of the Deep Space Climate Observatory?

Well, then, that's newfound money, isn't it? That would go into the Shuttle account.

I can assure you that we are absolutely not, and will not, restrict the ability of anybody working at NASA to express their technical opinion.

What are the strategic implications of this 4-year-plus gap in our Nation's ability to send humans into space?

I believe those decisions have forced Dr. Griffin to make the kinds of painful choices we are hearing about from the scientific community.

This Committee isn't going to wait around very long, because of information that we have received ex parte about the subject of this investigation.

And that is that you are going to pick up some efficiencies by virtue of the fact that your selection of the contractor for the CEV is going to have some savings.

one of the things that maybe you, Senator Mikulski, and Senator Hutchison could all explore is language that would give additional flexibility.

I want to thank you, personally, for what you've done to try to straighten that out.

thank you for what you've done in the agency in stopping this muzzling of scientists.

NASA's outside auditors have been unable to certify NASA's financial statements.