It's truly an honor to be able to serve on the Science and Space and Technology Committee.

Our National Labs in particular generate billions of dollars for our local economies.

It is unconscionable in this century that we still have communities and families across the Navajo Nation and other tribal communities that do not have access to safe drinking water.

We need accurate weather forecasting and effective data gathering to predict these weather events.

The health, and well-being, and resilience of our communities depend on it.

climate change is already impacting communities across the United States.

We have to take action now to address the water needs of our communities and climate change.

NASA's work is critical, of course, not only to taking us to the far reaches of space, but also for understanding our planet here at home.

The American people know that the science is clear, and that we must urgently address climate change.

I would just like to also echo many of the words that we heard today about diversifying our STEM workforce and our aerospace workforce.

NASA is also extremely important as an economic engine for all of our States.