Bart Gordon: “When it comes to STEM education, I say we have got to do it all.”

I just quickly yield myself the balance of my time to say this truly has been a collaborative, bipartisan effort. I thank Mr. Hall and his very able staff. We have worked together. We have a good bill, and we need to pass this bill.

Let me just quickly add that our colleague and friend to both of us, Mr. Rohrabacher, has long been an advocate for the detection and monitoring of near-Earth objects. I don't know that anybody has done any more on that. I certainly…

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…

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.