Chaka Fattah: “With brevity, I reject the entire predicate of the amendment, that we…”

On the recordMay 29, 2014

With brevity, I reject the entire predicate of the amendment, that we are not going to Mars or that Russia is leading space exploration or any of the other things. However, I understand the gentleman would not like to not waste the taxpayers' money, and, therefore, he has offered this amendment. The chairman has accepted it. But the idea that our country is not the leading premier nation in the world in space exploration, I do not accept. And with that point, I yield back the balance of my time.

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Chaka Fattah

Pennsylvania

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May 29, 2014

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