Edward Markey actually said...

If this plan to prematurely end the current ISS program moves forward, I fear that NASA's expertise in these critical areas will be lost.

Markey warns of losing NASA's expertise if ISS program ends too soon.

05/15/2018

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The only way this works is if we, that is, the government, steps in to free up these programmers.

So that's our job and your job to find this common sense solution, but we have to find a solution.

I just think it's an important statement for the Committee to make.

There must be a compelling reason for this and we should hear that reason.