NASA's mission is not fighting poverty, world peace, and protecting the environment.

We have only been able to find one member of the House that supports the President's budget proposal.

And again, it is just not acceptable to me or this Committee, I am quite confident that we are going to surrender the high ground of outer space.

And space is the high ground today, is it not? That is the high ground.

the key is that the National Science Foundation, NOAA, NASA, but particularly NSF need to be the lead on this.

one of many bills that President Bush pursued that I voted against and opposed.

We need to do it through incentives. But NSF clearly needs to be the lead, Mr. Chairman.

You have already surrendered it, sir. You are proposing to cancel Constellation and you just testified there is no rocket ready to replace Ares.

I want to thank Mr. Rogers, our Chairman Mr. Price, and the committee members, which is enforcing existing law, straight-up common sense.

If I could ask the responses to be as quick as you can. I will ask the questions as quickly as I can.

Because I frankly do not trust OMB. I do not care who is the President.