Bill Posey: “Certainly no one in this Chamber wants to yield the military high ground to countries that are not friendly to us, and…”

“Certainly no one in this Chamber wants to yield the military high ground to countries that are not friendly to us, and without the passage of this legislation, unfortunately, we will do that. The legislation before us asks NASA to do too much with too little. There is something in here for everybody to hate, sure enough, but there is no other alternative. If we at least pass this legislation, we will keep the dream alive through the first of the year, and hopefully through the appropriations process we can move this country back on the right path to maintaining the economic and national militaristic security that is necessary for this generation and for future generations to prosper.”