Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 3237 codifies into positive law as title 51, United States Code, the laws related to national and commercial space programs. It was jointly introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers from the great State of Michigan and Ranking Member Lamar Smith from the great State of Texas, where many of these space programs are located. It was prepared by the Office of Law Revision Counsel as part of its functions under 2 U.S.C. 285(b), which it performs in coordination with our committee. This bill is not intended to make any substantive changes in the law. As is typical with the codification process, a number of nonsubstantive revisions are made, including the reorganization of sections into a more coherent overall structure, but these changes are not intended to have any substantive effect. The bill has been subject to extensive public review in the previous two Congresses, including by relevant congressional committees, agencies, practitioners, academic experts and whoever else is left. The current bill is substantially identical to the bill Chairman Conyers and Ranking Member Smith introduced 2 years ago, with a few additional technical clarifications suggested by interested parties. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.”