On the recordJuly 17, 2019
I am looking forward to joining in on this discussion that is taking place right now on what is happening with these people and Oklahoma's role in this. Jim Bridenstine is a fairly recent Director of NASA, and he is committed to reestablishing our position of leadership. We haven't really lost it, but it hasn't been as prominent as it has been in the past. We have people like Tom Stafford. I talk to Tom Stafford almost on a daily basis. He is still around. He is still active. He still rejoices in the fact that we are reestablishing our position, and I am very excited about that. I wasn't going to talk about that today. I think that is going to be tomorrow. There is another area in which President Trump and the Republican Senate have had great success, and that is in remaking the Federal judiciary. As of this week, we have confirmed 43 appellate judges. That is more at this 2\1/2\-year point than in any other President's term in the history of this country. That is what is going on, and it goes unnoticed. These judicial confirmations have real impact. Here is a great example. This week, the Ninth Circuit--the notoriously liberal appellate court in California--ruled that portions of President Trump's ``Project Life'' rule can--not can't, can--go into effect. This is a commonsense rule. All it says is that in States that receive title X funding, it cannot be used by clinics to provide abortions.…
