We cannot have one set of goals for NASA and for our human exploration programs and then not match those goals with the resources.

We have set a long-term goal of a House-passed NASA Authorization Act of 2014 of sending humans to Mars.

I am impressed with how much progress has been made on these programs given these constraints.

The development of the Space Launch System-SLS-and the Orion crew vehicle are necessary next steps in reaching our goals for human space exploration.

I encourage our colleagues in the Senate to seek quick passage of the House-passed NASA Authorization Act of 2014.

I just think it is about the dumbest way to do science.

Increasing NASA's budget to allow increasing the human spaceflight budget by five percent per year would enable pathways with potentially viable mission rates, greatly reducing technical, cost, and schedule risk.

Congress has been supportive of SLS and Orion and has appropriated funding above the President's requests.

This test flight shows Americans that tangible progress is being made on returning humans to exploration beyond our Earth's neighborhood.

I think that we could not be dealing with any more important issue than this discussion right here and we need to get off the dime on the politics because we are losing ground every single day.

the Majority's 'do nothing' plan is a real example of failure by design.

the Majority's 'do nothing' plan is the real example of 'failure by design.'