John Culberson: “If I could just very briefly point out to remind the Members and the people here that if we don't pass this bill…”

“If I could just very briefly point out to remind the Members and the people here that if we don't pass this bill tonight, there is no more manned space program. The administration is pursuing a policy of aggressively and rapidly shutting down America's manned space program by bureaucratic order, by Executive order. It is all being done right now as we speak. If we don't pass this bill, there will not be another one by the end of the year, and by the end of the year there will be no more manned space program. So any differences or concerns we have with this bill--and we all have concerns with it--can be fixed next year in the process. But it is essential to supersede by Federal statute, which we will pass tonight, and we will stop the Obama administration cold. We will stop them from shutting down America's manned space program so we have a program for our kids in the future.”