On the recordMay 29, 1996
I will support the Brown substitute, but failing that I will vote for final passage of the bill. I want to thank the chairman of the committee, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Walker], for dealing with an issue in this bill, that NASA is now hit with the budget priorities, like every other program, and for including my language that would in fact urge NASA to look at underutilized facilities in depressed communities. It might be a chance for NASA to develop a political strategy. They have none. I think the ivory tower days are over. I would hope they would move out into other areas and develop a truly regional national base of political support. They are certainly going to need it in the future. I would say to the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Sensenbrenner], I think overall he has done a good job, and the gentlemen from Texas [Mr. Hall].
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