Brian Babin

Returning to the Moon does not have to mean delaying a mission to Mars.

I wholeheartedly support the Administration's call to return to the Moon and renewed sense of urgency.

As Representative Babin said, incentivize two kinds of behaviors, rapid development, and a focus on cost reduction.

The future will be no different. In order to ensure that our nation, government, military, industrial base, and society will continue to benefit from the unique opportunities that space affords, we must carefully craft a framework for the…

To paraphrase a former Secretary of the Treasury and Director of the National Economic Council, the government is a poor venture capitalist.

The commercial space sector holds great promise, and I look forward to working with my colleagues to make sure that the commercial space policies, laws, and regulations that we adopt in the future will enable accomplishments just as…

I, for one, want to see the future of humanity in outer space guided by the principles of our great Nation.

To paraphrase a former Secretary of the Treasury, and Director of the National Economic Council, 'the government is a poor venture capitalist.'

If done poorly, public-private partnerships could end up simply as corporate welfare.

If done correctly, NASA can leverage private sector investments to enable national exploration goals.

Space exploration will require collaboration with the private sector, just as it did 50 years ago, when Apollo 11 first landed on the Moon.

In order to ensure that our Nation, government, military, industrial base, and society will continue to benefit from the unique opportunities that space affords, we must carefully craft a framework for the future.

The amazing thing is--you know, you were talking about tsunamis a while ago. When you have a 25-foot storm surge like we had in Hurricane Ike, basically it's a tsunami with wind, and so we get a double whammy on that deal.

This hearing could not take place in a more fitting location. Less than two years ago, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas.

We have an obligation to ensure that the residents of Houston and other communities across the country can have greater certainty that they will know just how strong a hurricane will be and feel certain that they live in a resilient…

With the right vision, which we had for Apollo, I think we can do that again.

Thank you, Chair Napolitano and Ranking Member Westerman, for convening this very important hearing on our Nation's water resources.

I would also like to thank our distinguished witnesses again for being here.

It is vital to not only our leadership in space but also our national security that America maintain a continual, uninterrupted human presence in low-Earth orbit.

This engineering marvel illustrates the power of U.S. leadership on the frontiers of this exploration.

The International Space Station is one of humanity's highest technological achievements.

Preserving our leadership role is something that we can all agree on.

My amendment, which is part of the en bloc amendment 2, transfers $3.6 million to the Department of Commerce Management account from NOAA's Operations, Research, and Facilities account to facilitate the transfer of the Office of Space…

I applaud you for the bill.

Surely if these veterans recently passed rigorous security screening so they could drive trucks on bases in Afghanistan, they should not be waiting months for approval for a TWIC card.