Eddie Bernice Johnson actually said...

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

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

Our leadership and preeminence in space and aeronautics are at stake.

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