I want Mr. Whitesides and Mr. Meyerson to be contemplating the need to streamline the regulatory process for the growing commercial launch industry.

Nor a border adjustment tax.

We would strongly recommend that a transition plan be created that is committed to a continuous presence in low Earth orbit for persistent microgravity platforms.

This Senator is so excited to see the abandoned launch pads at Cape Canaveral...coming back to life.

I was the last crew member to crawl in and strap in, and as they were getting in, I wandered off on that launch tower by myself.

The Nation marshaled the resources and met that goal.

I would say, in closing, Mr. Chairman, that, shortly, we expect the Vice President to be announced as the head of a re-established Space Council in the White House.

the destruct system that previously was always done by the Air Force...has on some of the commercial activities and launches been replaced with an autonomous flight safety system.

So how can we improve the ISS as an incubator to help enterprises such as yours, and do you see that it needs to be extended beyond the existing life, which is 2024?

SpaceX, for example, told me in a few years, they expect to be--just SpaceX--launching 40 launches a year just from the Cape.

But you do not think that that would deter the North Korean leader, do you, from continuing this development of nuclear weapons, missiles, and then marrying a nuclear weapon to a long-range ICBM?

And that is so true in Florida not only for commercial fishermen but for recreational fishermen as well.