This year the budget request is for $628 million to keep it on track for launch by 2018.
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Mikulski discusses the budget request aimed at ensuring the JWST launches on schedule.
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Will the Senator withhold for just 1 minute? Will the chairman of the committee yield for a question? This is not to hold you up, but I do have a question for the chairman of the committee.
As the longest serving woman in congressional history, I proudly stand on the shoulders of the suffragists who fought bravely and boldly for generations to secure women's political equality.
It will be a proud day for our country when every girl who visits the National Mall is able to see herself represented amongst the giants of our national story.
We especially thank Senate Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran and Vice-Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski for their unwavering support for the NIH.





