I was just--I am a Twitter follower of NASA's and I noted that NASA has about 3.2 million followers, which is not insignificant.

your passion for high-speed rail is so evident, I want you to know that there are plenty of members on this committee who share that...

I plan to look at it this year, sir.

We are both doing an investigation, and also doing an audit on the behavior detection, and also looking at the program.

We need to protect these R&D investments. Our assets, our quality of life and our economic strength as a Nation depend on the research.

I just want to follow along because I had asked earlier, Mr. Gay, your opinion about expanding NASA's role, but I didn't have a chance to hear from Ms. Furgione about how that expanded role for NASA would relate to NOAA's activities.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention the budgetary challenges for this research.

Thank you Chairman Palazzo, and thank you for your gracious comments about Ranking Member Jerry Costello.

what the impacts are on our critical national infrastructure that is related to national security.

Because solar events such as these can have marked impacts on ground- and space-based technological systems and services.

I appreciate your holding this hearing today to examine the recommendations for the Nation's solar and space physics research program.

I am not just sitting here in Congress, I am a passenger and a customer.