This is not just about finding the money, it is about where this President is known to go find monies when he needs them.

It is just that we have to pay for a lot of other things, so----

these days, to build a wall, money could come from anywhere, so you have to be making an argument all the time on behalf of what you have and what you need.

This committee has a lot of faith in your abilities and your honesty.

the administration's budget request for STEM education programs are wholly inadequate to our nation's needs.

I don't want to go to the Moon by taking money from people who can't afford to survive in this society to the level that they should survive in this society.

The work in Puerto Rico is very important to us.

It would be extremely worthwhile for this subcommittee to follow up with a hearing to consider NASA's budget amendment to accelerate the U.S. return to the moon in 2024.

I think we are 3 to 7 years away from massive amounts of capital flowing into commercial space industry for human habitation in low-Earth orbit.

Very interesting. Well, then that throws out like half of my questions here.

Going back to FEMA for a second, your 2018 report described the positive role that CRS conciliation specialists served in facilitating FEMA operations in Puerto Rico, particularly with disadvantaged communities suffering from Hurricanes…

Nowhere is that more prominent than in the discussion of climate change. The Trump administration has pursued a relentless agenda of climate change denial.

I didn't kill the mission. I just asked some questions that I know that you know need to be answered before we move forward or not.

The administration has proposed a $1.6 billion budget amendment that is just a down payment on the over $20 billion in additional funding that would be required to launch the man moon mission four years early.

the reason you alluded to a generous increase is because this Chairman and Mr. Aderholt and our leadership agree in helping NASA and NSF, especially in the STEM field

There seems to have been clear attempts to bury the unbiased research and conclusions of the scientists who work for the Federal Government.

the largest barriers to combating hate crimes was underidentification and underreporting.

we could probably find a way to get there during a hurricane, but we are still waiting for their response

We would rather fall on our swords than divulge confidential information to any inappropriate source.

STEM education provides a pathway for many high-quality and fulfilling careers, while helping boost the U.S. innovation, economic competitiveness, and national security.

At the Mueller hearing, they are waiting for a bombshell statement. We found out there is no presidential committee and now that you are fully staffed, so this is the news of the day.

the budget proposal included eliminating STEM education programs.

I will be leaving this place next year after 30 years in Congress and 46 in public office, and if I accomplished something, it could be that I instilled in folks that territories are not states, but they are American citizens and should be…

I am proud of the fact that I was able to deal with issues that ordinary people would think I was stereotypically not capable of dealing with.

Mr. Aderholt and I may disagree again. But we are big supporters and we intend to continue to work on that together.