This is the Congress that did it.

I am getting lost here. Do you have the money or don't you? I mean, is this enough or not?

We have gone from 6,500 to 60,000.

If we continue to attack people because of the job they did for which they had no decision about, we are going to have a chilling effect on who comes into government. If these two men whom I am recommending and whom the President has…

I ask for 1 additional minute to summarize. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back. ____________________

I rise to speak on the nominations related to the cloture vote of Theodore Chuang and George Hazel. Senator Cardin and I are recommending these two outstanding men to serve on the U.S. district court in Maryland. Senator Cardin and I are…

has the clerk reported the nomination? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The nomination has been reported.

We are committed on a bipartisan basis to a balanced space program.

I think we will get it.

Let me start by saying that I am unhappy with NASA's budget.

We are committed to the safety of our astronauts.

Are we really funding a lot of things at the expense of space science?

It is part of this very bipartisan trust that we have in each other, and I appreciate it.

As long as you continue to fight as you have been doing, you and Senator Shelby, on the importance of commercial crew...

I wish to express my strong support for increasing the minimum wage. It is outrageous that this Congress will not help middle-class workers. This Congress needs to do two things to make sure we give a fair shot to everyone and build a…

NASA needs this funding to support a balanced space program that funds human space flight, reliable and affordable transportation systems and space science.

This is not a new problem.

We are worried about protecting 'dot mil,' okay? I think 'dot gov' is very nifty.

I don't want to talk about future missions. I want to talk about now.

today I wish to honor Gabrielle Batkin on the occasion of her becoming the staff director of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Gabrielle has a long career in public service. She served in Senator Frank…

Well, you and I really strongly disagree on this, Administrator Bolden. We really do strongly disagree on this.

We are troubled over these continually shrinking resources.

Thank you for fighting the good fight with commercial crew and trying to keep our funding as high as possible.

I was deeply troubled to receive the President's budget. I was deeply troubled in the area of NASA because there was a reduction of $186 million from fiscal 2014.