Jim Bridenstine

Lifting these bans makes no sense. Iran's words and actions clearly show its desire, in spite of the deal, to build longer-range and more sophisticated ballistic missiles.

I am deeply troubled by the Obama administration's last-minute concessions to Iran on lifting the conventional weapons and missile embargoes.

Can my friend, Steve Pearce from New Mexico, go home and tell his constituents that the drinking water is safe?

This seems like a clear conflict of interest.

The EPA triggered a spill that has done damage to the Navajo Nation.

Is that a problem for this issue? Are we going to have more issues like this where we have unexpected costs that creep up?

It is time for us to bring our weather forecasting systems into the 21st century.

This bill greatly improves our severe-weather forecasting capabilities.

We must do everything we can to save lives and protect property from severe weather events.

I am also now encouraged by the Senate's interest in weather legislation and look forward to incorporating their ideas into our bill.

This pilot program was included in H.R. 1561, the Lucas-Bridenstine Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2015, which passed the House of Representatives unanimously.

I believe the correct word for our current satellite architecture could be 'fragile.'

I think NASA's next focus is some kind of habitation capability potentially in the vicinity of the moon.

They're being bullied. This is federal bullying and this is exactly what my constituents in the State of Oklahoma are absolutely--they are abhorred by this kind of federal bullying

Did you get any legal analysis before using Thunderclap and pressuring your employees to use Thunderclap?

I think it's clear that we'll have to start over from the beginning given the Supreme Court's ruling.

So are you suggesting that you are not going to withdraw the proposed ozone rule?

We have heard testimony before this Committee that your agency's proposed ozone NAAQS rule will be the most expensive regulation in American history.

States and localities can lose transportation funds from the Department of Transportation.

This has not been historical precedent. It's not the fact.

Putting pressure on employees to promote the Waters of the United States rule, maybe that's not a violation of law but it's certainly a violation of ethics.

There's two major concerns here. One is a potential violation of law with the Anti-Lobbying Act.

Imagine if President Bush during the war in Iraq said we need our agency--we need our Department of Defense employees to advocate for removing Saddam Hussein.

If your agency is using a newsletter telling people to sign up for Thunderclap and promote the Agency's proposal, would that not be an ethical violation?

I just want to reiterate the point I made earlier, which is the Department of Defense will be fully funded, and the President needs to sign that into law.