Eddie Bernice Johnson actually said...

I strongly believe we do not have that luxury if we want to maintain meaningful human space exploration capability in this nation.

Emphasizing the urgency of investing in space exploration despite other pressing issues.

06/24/2014

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If we do not lead, we will be poorly positioned to help set global norms and standards.

United States leadership in science and technology has long given U.S. companies a competitive advantage.

We have been lamenting our domestic STEM pipeline challenge for decades, yet we have not made much progress.

We have risen to the challenge a few times since then, for example in the doubling of the NIH budget.