Bart Gordon: “I think it is good that we have come to this point. It was unsustainable what we were doing.”

What is silly is pretending to be a fiscal conservative while you are continuing to waste the taxpayers' dollars talking about an amendment that has been accepted. That is what is silly.

There are more needs than money.

First let me say very sincerely say that there is no Member of Congress that has had greater interest than Mr. Hall in NASA. As a Texan and a proud American, he has taken particular interest in the safety of the astronauts, as well as…

Let me say I can understand the concerns of the opponent of this amendment. There are programs that are similar in the Department of Education. Let me point out only 15 percent of the graduates in the United States receive a degree in…