We need you, at the Secretary's level, to really use whoever you will designate to be a hands-on manager of these costs.

We are grateful that Director Mueller agreed to serve for 2 more years.

So I hope, Mr. Administrator, that you and the NASA personnel who have done such a great job for our country through all of these years of space exploration will go back to the drawing board and support Commercial Crew in a fiscally…

We don't want NOAA cut loose.

I want to make sure that NASA has what it needs to carry out its mission, explore the universe, understand and protect our planet, and create new technologies that lead to new breakthroughs creating jobs of the future.

We expect robust attendance at this hearing, and we note that the ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee, Senator Cochran, is here.

He brings valuable skills to his position, strong experience in the private sector, and he's been a strong voice for American manufacturers.

I happen to support the commercial endeavor for both cargo and crew. I think it's bold, I think it's promising, but I'm concerned that it's behind schedule.

Build it here, sell it everywhere.

How is NASA ensuring our tax dollars are spent wisely?

As chairwoman, I have three priorities for NASA: make sure we have a balanced space program that will make NASA move forward with the programs that the Congress has authorized and funded.

You know, NOAA headquarters is in the State of Maryland, and some of its most significant assets are there.

This is the last public hearing of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.

I think as you've heard from the members here, we're each interested in where NASA, through our appropriations process and authorizing, is making a significant investment in some really big projects with really big bucks behind it, for…

NASA has to do better.

The President's budget request for the FBI is $8.2 billion. This request reflects the stringent budget reality in which we find ourselves.

We know that we ask the FBI to carry out extraordinary responsibilities, keeping 330 million Americans safe from terrorism and also violent crime.

I'm very frustrated by this.

How is NASA putting America to work out-innovating, out-educating, and out-building?

Frugal times demand a frugal space agency.

Additionally, if we don't avoid a sequester, NASA will be cut by another 8 percent across the board.

How is the FBI ensuring our tax dollars are spent wisely?

Thinking that it's a bad idea doesn't give a plan for a contingency.

You have been one of the Congress' strongest proponents for a space station.

The cost to refurbish each plane is $20 million, because, essentially, it's not like new carburetors, or, you know, let's clean up the leather seats here.