Brian Babin

It is the policy of the United States that executive departments and agencies will foster practices within government space operations, and across the commercial space industry, that protect space assets, and their supporting…

It's not a matter of if; it's a matter of when.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for the work that these men and women do every single day to keep us safe.

I want to thank the President and the Administration for their commitment to connecting the entire country, including our rural communities, to the broadband and that issue.

You mentioned briefly the need and importance of rural broadband.

It's critical that we continue to invest in our sciences to promote technological innovations here in America.

I hope our friends on the other side of the aisle can hear that, because we may as well pack up and go home here in the State of Texas.

I'm privileged to have this opportunity today to bring this hearing down, help bring this hearing down to our great State, where we get a chance to show off southeast Texas and see firsthand the innovative new technologies that are…

Space Policy Directive 1 (SPD-1) directs NASA to, '[l]ead an innovative and sustainable program of exploration.'

I have to say that I'm very disappointed that we're allowing the work of one reporter to characterize our discussion here today.

I look forward to working with the Administration and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle here in Congress to make Artemis a success.

Switching horses mid-stream is not a wise move at this point.

We now have bold leadership that is empowering NASA to lean forward.

The Administration should be commended for subsequently challenging NASA to achieve this goal by 2024.

This is an audacious goal.

The laws direct NASA to leverage the expertise at NASA centers and the work done on the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion Crew vehicle.

We must be very careful not to erode American leadership when it comes to safety in aviation.

Let me be clear: This plane absolutely should not have been in the air on October the 29th in 2018, another human error.

As unfortunate as these tragedies are, systems sometimes fail. And we will continue to learn from them until they don't fail.

I proudly represent Johnson Space Center, the home to NASA's astronaut corps.

I continue to see these 2,000-year floods every 2 years.

Can you please elaborate on this threat from section 115 and how it might be used to circumvent the U.S. Congress?

This seems like a very big deal to me.

Another aspect that a lot of people gloss over is that under the Clean Air Act if we enter into an international treaty such as the Paris climate accord, if we fail to meet our targets, those are enforceable under our domestic laws.

We must have a sense of urgency.