Not to have FEMA at the table because of a Government shutdown is unacceptable.

This is not right for the American people.

It is unacceptable in this country that we have a handful of renegades who are running this country.

I appreciate that EPA is continuing its investigations of hydraulic fracturing. I think that the EPA's investigations are really critical to the Federal Government's responsibility to ensure that drinking water and groundwater across the…

I happen to be from the great State of Maryland, which I think did something both spectacular and really politically difficult over this last session of our general assembly in terms of spending.

I think, Mr. Chairman--Chairman Shuster, Mr. Chairman, it is really incumbent on us to figure this out.

It is hard for me to believe that you can separate or slash funding of climate research when all of our weather scientists and our forecasters indicate the kind of interconnectivity that Dr. Sullivan has discussed.

I am concerned about the legislation that we are discussing today. And, as indicated in the testimony of our witnesses, the legislation is really flawed in its execution in my view.

Doing otherwise would not only be a disservice to the men and women at NASA, its contractor workforce and the American people, but would effectively set the agency on a path to failure.

Thank you, Dr. Squyres and Mr. Young. It is always good to have you here...

It is vital that any new NASA Authorization match that same standard.

NASA has been and should continue to be the Nation's crown jewel for spurring innovation, highly skilled and good-paying jobs, and inspiring the next generation of scientists.