Eddie Bernice Johnson

We would not just be turning off the lights on many groundbreaking research facilities and experiments today, we would be eating our seed corn for tomorrow.

I happen to believe personally that we can invest it in unemployment and food stamps or we can invest it in our future...

Without dismissing the value of many other investments we make... there is probably no single investment we make...

I strongly oppose any proposal that would turn responsibility for the development of the corridor over to the Northeast States.

We should have the very best service in the world.

I will fight until I die for the strength of unions because they do play a very significant role.

The Northeast Corridor is the transportation artery through some of the most populous metropolitan areas and regions in the entire U.S.

I would suggest that a more worthwhile endeavor for this committee would be to check the partisan politics at the door.

What is unclear to me is why there has been a constant drumbeat to privatize Amtrak and to starve it of its much-needed funding.

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.

Investments in R&D and innovation, such as in the programs and projects carried out at NASA are just that--investments--investments in our Nation's future.

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

Resting on our laurels from prior accomplishments is not an option, whether in science, aeronautics, or human exploration.

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

I hope that the findings of the NRC panel's assessment will encourage both the Administration and Congress to put NASA on a firmer footing.

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

We want NASA to succeed in its endeavors, because its success benefits our Nation in many, many ways.

NASA is a critical part of the Nation's research and development enterprise, as well as being a source of inspiration for our young people.

I want to take this opportunity to thank my friend and colleague Ralph Hall for his leadership of this Committee.

The United States presence in Antarctica is critically important both strategically and scientifically.

I feel that this committee's time and resources have been spent disproportionately on Amtrak hearings.

The Cardinal supports good-paying-wage jobs in West Virginia, and it invests over $3 million annually in wages back into our economy.

Lowest bidder is code for low wages and little to no benefits.

I had hoped that in the intervening time, NASA would either converge on a realistic and executable plan.