Bill Posey

Where are the jobs? I am reading verbatim from portions in an article printed in one of our local papers: ``NASA plans more outreach to Muslim countries,'' by Mark Matthews, February 16. ``NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said Tuesday…

Well, you know, the stimulus bill was all about supposedly employing people. Now, these are not low-wage jobs in the space industry. I think the average, with benefits, is about 80,000 per, spread out all across this country, and no State…

Well, we'll get there. The first thing that happened is he accepted the resignation of Michael Griffin, the inspirational genius behind the Constellation program and the Aries rocket. And for 6 months, when they were having the meetings…

More powerful than the Saturn V back in the Apollo days, actually, carry more people. So the President promised that he would close this gap because, as the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop) mentioned, we will lose, if we don't close that…

And the new rocket would allow us to go back to the Moon as well as back and forth to the international space station as well as, ultimately, to Mars, our manifest destiny, if you would.

Well, I thank the gentleman from Missouri for recognizing me. That's only half of it, and what they are spending and wasting is in the wrong direction. We just want to talk a little bit about the wrong direction Congress is going, and I…

Six months later we got General Bolton. He's the new administrator, and he's a first-class guy and he'll do a good job. But as soon as Bolton was named, the President created a commission known as the Augustine Commission to tell us how we…

Just three quick points. Not only are they spending too much, obviously, but they're spending it in the wrong direction. They're touting an extra $6 billion that they're going to put into NASA to create 1,500 jobs. But I told you how 7,000…

I think it's going to have to be a matter of criminal and civil accountability on a personal level if we are going to change the course of the future in this regard.

Thank you, Chairman DeFazio and Ranking Member Duncan, for the opportunity to come before you and share with you some of the needs for east central Florida.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate your courtesy and your attention.

The Palm Bay Parkway is well underway with planning by Brevard County, the city of Palm Bay, the city of Melbourne, and the Melbourne Airport Authority in full concert.

The need is, in fact, great.

East-Central Florida has been in need of a veterans hospital for quite some time.

We owe much to the veterans of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

I think we also owe a debt of gratitude to our predecessors, Congressmen Dr. Weldon, Ric Keller, Tom Feeney, even as far back as Lou Frey, who worked so hard at getting this project off the ground.

I've listened to more than a few panels during my public service, but I don't think, besides the last two, I've ever heard from multiple people speaking with the same vision and basically the same way to get there.

I am pleased to say that the local hospital for our veterans is well on its way to becoming a reality for all those who have waited for so long.

It is our duty to support our veterans.

I ask that the Committee designate sufficient funding for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to move forward with manned space flight programs.

Too few resources, and the viability of this multi-mission agency may be jeopardized.

Please consider funding this critical national program at the levels that allow them to achieve their worthwhile goals.

Simply put, once they leave NASA, they won't return.

I'm pleased that the goal of returning humans to the Moon by 2020 is a key feature.

I think fundamentally we all agree that the whole crisis was caused by greed, pure and simple, and there is more than enough blame to go around.