"I want to thank you, Chairman Stewart, for the bipartisan spirit you have shown in inviting collaboration on legislation."
"Putting all our legislative emphasis on the OAR seems inconsistent with our stated intention of improving forecasting and protecting lives."
"If our goal is to enhance forecasting, empowering the forecasters would seem to be the obvious way to proceed."
"I just want to start by following up on Mr. Kennedy's remarks about the importance of STEM education."
"I am very concerned about whether we are going to be through restructuring affecting those existing partnerships between NASA and other education groups and entities."
"I often discuss the importance of NASA's other missions including the Earth Science mission."
"Cuts to those programs cause me some serious concern."
"I frequently hear comparisons of our students with students in countries like Finland, for example, but they have a near absence of poverty in Finland."
"Thank you very much, Chairman Stewart, and welcome to our witnesses, Mr. Myers and Mr. Kirchner."
"I join the Chairman in saying that our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the victims of the powerful and devastating tornado that just days ago swept through the State of Oklahoma."
"My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the victims of the powerful and devastating tornado that just days ago swept through the state of Oklahoma."
"This event is a painful reminder that we are all vulnerable to unexpected disasters, and it also highlights how critical the work of the National Weather Service is as a public safety tool."