You can call it global warming, climate change. And so I want to go on record and have always been one that is willing to talk climate change and know that we have to start addressing it and doing something about it.

I think there are a number of areas where--what I am trying to read is whether the authorization that we only just recently approved kind of matches your budget priorities.

we won't have the tools to look at these things in the way that we need to that cost human lives

So I ask you, how are we supposed to increase participation in STEM if we are cutting the very programs that foster interest in STEM in the first place, and how are you, how is your agency adjusting to this?

Well, it is not confusing because we work very, very hard to get that additional funding for STEM.

it is mindboggling to look at the kind of cuts across a number of agencies where the investments that we need to make for the future are exactly the ones that are being put on the chopping block

I hope that you will look into the legislation that has been introduced by Mr. Bartlett and myself along with Congressman Sarbanes and others as a way to get there.

it feels odd to talk about new investments in science and technology and research and the things that are actually going to make us grab hold of the 21st century when we are cutting in this Congress

the White House and the President could do a much better job of helping the public understand the value of investment in NASA and space exploration

We can actually do some things through our tax policy and across agencies to incentivize not just the R&D.

the country take a step back to ensure that any future offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico lives up to claims of safety and reliability.

The confusion surrounding the chain of command was exacerbated by the number of governmental agencies that comprised the unified response.