I hope today that DOE can provide its response to Vehicle Technologies Program related management concerns.

I do support the important role of Congressional oversight, that is, it is an important check in our system of checks and balances on the Executive Branch of government.

I think that is as responsive as I would expect from the most transparent Administration.

What do you have to hide? Why wouldn't you want to show the American people what you use in your deliberations?

If we are going to bring down this $1.5 trillion worth of deficit spending that we have every year, we have got to find ways of making those type of savings as represented by SpaceX.

The launch of the NPP satellite last October was certainly an achievement, and NOAA and NASA are to be applauded for the successful launch.

But the satellite was five years late, and some of the instruments are not working as well as they should be.

the average American looking at it is kind of subsidizing this foreign entity

I believe the President's priorities are misplaced.

As a matter of principle, regulatory benefits should justify their costs, and EPA's pursuit of this coal-killing regulation, despite its own admission that the rule has negligible benefits is mind boggling.

But putting a dollar value on lives, and valuing some lives more than others, raises profound moral questions.