Kit Bond

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The Senate VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee will come to order.

I have been impressed consistently with your efforts and commitment to ensuring the fiscal integrity of NASA's programs.

I hope you will convey the, as all of my colleagues do, the best wishes on behalf of the people that we serve for the military men and women who are at risk and know that our thanks and prayers are with them.

Are you sure you aren't going to be squeezing something? OMB is going to have to start smiling on you and us a lot more kindly if you're going to get all these done.

I have been very much concerned, as Senator Mikulski is, about the staffing of NASA and making sure that we have the right people.

I am concerned about whether this project is going to consume such a large amount of the space science funding.

Thank you, Senator Shelby.

I would like to know what the status is of discussion with the other partners regarding how to fund the Russian production.

Given the fact that we are so dependent on the Russians, the orbital space plane would provide an alternate mode to the Russian vehicle.

We need a bigger allocation.

No, we're all equal but he's just a little more equal.

I think it's highly important that we continue that stimulus through the education programs.

I note the reduction in aeronautics allocation and the reduction in the educational allocation as compared to 2003.

I share, as well, in your congratulations and thanks to the people of Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana and others.

I see the action going in the needy areas of our larger metropolitan areas, but there are a lot of the small, very small isolated rural communities with disadvantaged minority populations who just seem to be out there by themselves.

The New Markets Tax Credit program, as I said, covers 32 percent of the U.S. population.

The bottom line is, will the 30 banks that came up sucking wind last time be able to be funded?

Native American technical assistance.

Thank you very much, Senator Mikulski.

I am very disappointed the administration zeroed out this program and instead added a new earmark of $3 million for Teach for America.

You knew what the appropriations bill was going to be because you saw the bills.

Well, if you want us to fund them, you need to tell us about them in the process.

I have told him, I have told the representatives of the White House the concerns we have.

They ain't going to get no more money until we get the thing cleaned up, so that just happens to be my opinion.