Steven Palazzo: “It has often been said that space exploration is a 'go as we can afford to pay' endeavor.”

I thank Congressman Carter for those wonderful remarks. Madam Speaker, may I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Stansbury). The gentleman from Mississippi has 16 minutes remaining.

The likelihood--I don't think there are any handicappers in Las Vegas giving us good odds at making sure that we get our work done on time.

I thank Congressman Carey. I know the State is very proud of his support of the Ohio National Guard and all the military services that he has. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Owens). Burgess Owens represents Utah's…

At this time I recognize a colleague of mine from Virginia's Sixth District. He has seven major commands and over 9,000 guardsmen. I would like to note he serves on the Appropriations Committee. Ninety-two percent of all funding that…