Donna Edwards

That's why I'm delighted to hear the NASA Administrator, Charles Bolden, speaking more often about Mars as the ultimate destination for human space exploration.

But before we look at interim steps, we need first to understand what it takes to get to Mars.

I think it has been a shame that NASA as an agency and the industry has not had the kind of concerted direction both from the Congress and from various Administrations that really is appropriate to the task that is in front of the Agency.

I want to ensure that others share in my excitement and one day experience the thrill of American astronauts traveling to and exploring a surface far beyond our Earth.

The search for exoplanets is one of the most exciting subjects in all of astronomy.

This finding means we are making progress in answering the fundamental questions of where do we come from and whether we are alone in the Universe.

Thank you very much, and thanks to our witnesses. I have to say, the work that you do is among the most exciting that those of us who are laypeople can think about.

I have a statement that is submitted by the Planetary Society expressing concerns about the Fiscal Year 2014 budget that I would like to request be entered into the record.

Today, we're meeting to review the $17.7 billion request for NASA's Fiscal Year 2014 budget.

The successful test flight speaks well of the teamwork among Orbital, NASA, the Wallops Flight Facility.

Because of the recent sequester, NASA is suspending, effective immediately, all education and public outreach activities.

The problem of near-Earth objects (NEO) impacting Earth and possibly causing great harm is worrisome but preventable--if we put our minds and resources into it.

Imagine that, a capability critical to saving the world from potentially hazardous asteroids needed to be saved by a private donor.

Well, I will let Congressman Rohrabacher take his time talking about China.

I would like to better understand that, especially in this fiscal environment.

This Committee has been at the forefront in setting the U.S. policy on NEOs for the past two decades.

It is fitting that this Committee is considering U.S. government agency roles and responsibilities in NEO detection, tracking, and mitigation.

American ingenuity, such as the VASIMR electric propulsion technology, will lead the way as part of the solution to the threat from asteroids.

Prince George's County is the right fit for the FBI, and it will do right by the FBI.

I would just strongly, strongly urge you to take those criticisms into consideration, and to move forward in a very different kind of way.

we just want a fair and open process, and all of our jurisdictions want to have the capacity to compete.

Every other region, those kind of rates are set regionally, except here, with zero justification, zero explanation.

I just think it would be a nonstarter for GSA again to pursue a route of valuing leased space differently in the same metropolitan region.

The future location of the FBI headquarters is vital to the men and women of the Bureau and to their mission.

I would be happy to work with him on making sure that the Beltsville agricultural property becomes the new campus of the FBI.