Tom Udall

I believe, is an essential tool to protect our Nation's rich, natural and cultural resources.

TMCF requests that the subcommittee preserve the original HBCU designated Historic Preservation Fund.

We urge you to support $1.6 billion for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in fiscal year 2016

We look forward to working closely with you as we continue our important work to preserve America's sacred battlefield lands.

The CLC believes strongly that the USGS GLSC plays a central role in supporting near and long-term initiatives.

As members of the Choose Clean Water Coalition, we are requesting continued support for programs that are essential to maintaining and restoring clean water to the rivers and streams throughout the Chesapeake Bay region.

We urge you to continue toward restoration and increase the NEA funding allocation to $155 million for fiscal year 16.

Thank you both, Secretary Foxx and Secretary Pritzker, for being here and for the hard work you do for our country.

As usual, Senator Cantwell is always out in front on an important issue like this.

We are learning how important early childhood education is. There is no doubt about that.

Thank you, Chairman Barrasso.

The Air Force is committed to continuing the work done by Operationally Responsive Space (ORS).

I believe that the F-16 mission will continue to be an important mission for the Air Force, but I am also looking towards the future and the potential for the F-35.

Yes. The Air Force is prepared to work with the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.

And I know that you are putting a top priority on this and being very aggressive. Thank you very much for that.

Like you, I am concerned about the impacts of sequestration on our military readiness.

I just want to applaud the administration for normalizing relations.

But Congress passed the last NASA authorization act in 2010, as I just mentioned.

This law continues to guide NASA as a multi-mission agency, and to quote that multi-mission from the statute, quote, 'balanced and robust set of core commissions in science, aeronautics, and human spaceflight and exploration.'

Scientific research--and improving technology transfer and commercialization--is a smart investment. It's vital to our Nation's future--for our national defense and our economy.

Under his leadership, the Senate passed the bipartisan NASA Authorization Act of 2010.

Scientific research and improving technology transfer and commercialization is smart investment.

Very few Senators have been astronauts like Senator Nelson. He may be the most passionate advocate for space exploration who has ever served in Congress.

Investing in space technology is investing in our future.

I think it is very important that we see it be reopened safely, and I underline the 'safely.'