Steven Palazzo

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

If the United States of America is no longer able to keep the shipping lanes open and free for commerce and passage, what kind of implications would that have on the U.S. economy?

I wish the American people would wake up to that reality, and I think they may have us prioritize, or at least try to keep our leadership in space.

I didn't expect to make this a China-specific hearing, but it seems like from my trip to PACOM back in 2011, all of our allies and friends and partners pretty much had China on their minds.

If we are going to throw 20,000 more Border Patrol agents at the border, billions of dollars in more resources...

I keep hearing that personnel is a serious issue that Customs and Border Protection are, you know, recruiting and retaining and training Border Patrol agents.

I am, Mr. Chairman. So with that, I withdraw my amendment and yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn. Amendment No. 37 Offered by Mr. Polis The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment…

In drafting this amendment, I saw nowhere where it would actually be considered an earmark. I'm definitely opposed to earmarks in this Congress, and it doesn't specify an entity in a certain State or a certain location. If you just want to…

I think this garners consideration, that as mandatory spending continues to erode important discretionary investments like NASA, we are forced to make very difficult decisions.

I would like to say this bill does not require NASA to establish a Moon base or lunar outpost.

This is a flawed draft, starting from its funding assumptions, and I cannot support it in its present form.

I strongly believe that any NASA Authorization bill that comes out of this Committee should reflect those realities.

This authorization bill reflects a sincere effort to maximize return to the taxpayer while working to protect America's role as the world leader in space exploration.

It also cuts NASA's Earth Science budget by one-third, which I find baffling.

It is a missed opportunity to position NASA for excellence, and it's a bill that if enacted would lead to the erosion of the capabilities that have made NASA such a positive force for progress.

I expect the tenor of today's hearing to be respectful. We are all here because we care about NASA and want it to succeed.

My goal for this hearing is to ensure that all of our Members have an opportunity to ask questions, raise concerns and debate important topics.

We have offered solid solutions and replacements for these damaging cuts, and we stand ready to work with the Senate and the Administration to replace the sequester with responsible, strategic cuts.

As Congressman Palazzo said, that was a long time ago in terms of the development of digital tools.

I also highlighted the use of social media during Hurricane Sandy where millions of people went to social media, shared information, watched live Twitter feeds, and checked up on loved ones.

I highlighted the fact that when Hurricane Katrina devastated my district in the Gulf Coast in 2005, Facebook was still an infant relatively speaking, Twitter was nonexistent, and the first iPhone wouldn't come out for almost a year later.

Thank you, Chairwoman Brooks, and thank you for holding this timely, relevant, and extremely important hearing especially because we are only 39 days into hurricane season.

I can tell you just the other day we had a severe weather event and my phone went off and I did not apply for the app.

I stress, however, that if we intend to involve international partners in a deep, meaningful way in this adventure to Mars, we need to recognize that those international partners should have a seat at the table when it comes to the…

I think the first element is, as you say, to more adequately fund SLS and Orion so that they can be developed and proven out on a pace that really supports, I think, a safe pathway towards developing these cislunar orbit capabilities that…