Eddie Bernice Johnson actually said...

I want to wish them well. They have been thoughtful and hardworking Members of our Committee caucus, and I shall miss them.

In recent years NASA's ability to carry out its missions has been eroded.

we have too often scrubbed the authorization process in favor of the appropriations process.

I believe that to stop and decide we can't afford it is simply saying to our future, we won't be there.