Bill Posey

I would like to thank the committee for recognizing the national importance of having a safe, secure, reliable, and modern space launch range infrastructure.

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding. It is time to end the budget games in Washington, D.C., and this bill is one way to bring more accountability and more honest budgeting to Washington. Four years ago, when the President's…

When the health care law was passed on a party line vote people were assured they could keep their current doctors and insurance plans, it would cost them less, it was not a tax, and there would be no rationing of medical care. Those are…

On rollcall vote No. 85, I was on the floor and voting in this vote series. However, my ``yes'' vote was not recorded. My vote should be recorded as ``yes.'' personal explanation

One of the fears that I have is that we even regress further.

Someone mentioned earlier that our share of the budget for space now is about 1/2 of one percent, which is correct.

Today the House will vote on H.R. 3865 the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act, legislation to prevent the IRS from implementing newly proposed rules to restrict the First Amendment rights of certain non-profit groups. This…

the first thing I think we all try and--tried to do is do no harm, first of all, and stop us from regressing.

There is really not a whole lot of, overwhelming at least, support in Congress for our nation's space program even though it is a matter of our national security.

Our taxpayers want accountability, and the hearings that you have been holding clearly are another great effort on your part and the part of Congress to try and provide better accountability.

Accountability is something that our citizens want. Unfortunately, many times elected officials in general, Congress in particular, are too busy to give any attention to accountability.

Funding for space is probably the only thing that Congress does that entirely is beneficial to the next generation.

I want to draw attention to a positive program that helps young people make better choices. It is called the Reality Check Program, and it was founded by Larry Lawton of West Melbourne, Florida. In his youth, Mr. Lawton lived a life of…

Over a half-century ago Congress established the Federal Aviation Administration with the mission of ensuring the safety of the flying public.

It defies common sense that a long-standing NASA partner can be arbitrarily grounded by the FAA.

``Mr. Speaker, ``As a direct result of the health care law, 10 million Americans risk having their health insurance plans cancelled. Tens of millions more are seeing their costs go up and coverage changed, and they are losing access to…

The President promised Mr. Griffin in my district and millions of other Americans that, if they wanted to, they could keep their own doctor. Unfortunately, he found out already that is not true. Americans were told that they could keep…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I first met the man, the legend, really, known as Bill Young, in 1974; but it wasn't until I got elected to Congress in 2008 that I realized what a larger-than-life true leader this man…

Most people are shocked to learn that the House and the Senate have already agreed on a level of funding. There are only two issues stopping the shutdown from stopping right now: number 1, make Congress and the White House obey the same…

Most people are surprised and actually stunned and amazed to discover that the Senate and the House have agreed--at least for the next 5 weeks--on a level of funding. This is not an argument about money. This shutdown is not about money…

There are just two issues stopping the Obama shutdown from ending: number one, make Congress and the White House obey the same ObamaCare rules as everyone else; number two, the President let business off the hook for a year. We want…

We have the parochial interest of different members trying to micromanage what NASA does.

Well, I think that is the heartfelt wish of everybody on this Committee on both sides of the aisle.

We want our space program to move forward.

I was delighted to see that there and I would just like to encourage you to share with our staff the benefits of allowing NASA to do that.