John Culberson

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.

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

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

In a distributed network like that, you could make the United States completely free of foreign oil, tell Saudi Arabia to jump off a cliff.

The sciences are really one of the most important things we can do for future generations.

We are headed towards a path today that if we do not change, we are going to become like Argentina.

Talk to us about fertilizing the ocean and what effect that can have as a carbon sink and helping us reverse the carbon in the atmosphere.

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

I certainly wish they would, but it is an objective fact that they will not and they have indicated they are not signing on to any carbon treaty.

Outside perspective is very important to us and we appreciate very much your being here today to help us in our effort to make sure the sciences are fully funded as they should be.

Your success, the success of America is contingent on the success of the National Science Foundation I am convinced.

It would be wonderful if the recommendation for the initial budget number that we work with came from an independent panel of scientists and engineers.

I agree completely with you that the Bush administration did not adequately fund the goals that they set for NASA.

I think we should certainly do the research on carbon sequestration since it is possible to remove dramatic amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by fertilizing the ocean.

It is the difference between a carpet bombing with a B52, which is what we are doing today with chemotherapy, and precision surgical strikes.

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