Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I bring a bipartisan amendment that is cosponsored by Congressman Cedric Richmond and Congressman Garret Graves. What this amendment is really designed to do is highlight the fact that, as we are embarking upon another mission now to Mars, an ambitious mission to get men back into space, ultimately to go back to the Moon, that we also want to make sure that, as we are investing billions of dollars in this incredible equipment and incredible technology that America has been so ingenuitive in designing, that we also make sure we are maintaining those facilities that are key components to building a lot of that technology and building these massive rockets, like the SLS for Orion. I am proud that we have the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. It is actually in Congressman Richmond's district and has been a key component to the space program going back to the Apollo days. There is tremendous pride with the workforce and these massive facilities that help design and build this incredible technology that allows these missions to the Moon and these missions to Mars, ultimately. So, as America is embarking on this great mission and an ambitious mission that we should always continue to achieve, we are proud of our Administrator of NASA, Jim Bridenstine, who actually came from this House, served in this House, and now is very engaged in making sure that this next ambitious mission to both the Moon and to Mars is being carried out properly.…”