John Culberson

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title I, add the following: SEC. 1__. FLOOD MITIGATION AND RIERINE RESTORATION PROGRAM. The…

This simple amendment that I am offering today with my colleague and good friend, Congressman Al Green of Houston, would direct the Secretary to expedite a project that we both share in Houston, the Brays Bayou flood mitigation project…

The Zika virus does pose a genuine emergency situation and, as in any emergency, requires a calm head, clear thinking, and rational approach to dealing with the problem, absent of emotion. You have got to be careful and thoughtful about…

I think that we should let NSF pick the most promising areas and give the agency the flexibility to pursue them.

I hope, as a result of the time that I have got, if I have the privilege to stay here as the chairman for that time period, we will have laid the foundation not only to discover life in that other world, but to have identified those…

What a privilege it has been for us to work with you, to help make sure the American space program is the best in the world, has been, always will be.

we should let the dedicated men and women at NASA who are tasked with carrying out NASA's challenging programs be the ones to develop its budget requests.

Our colleague Bill Posey often says that the Chinese are going to the moon, and they're not going there just to collect rocks, and I couldn't agree more.

Space exploration is a very worthwhile investment for the taxpayer and for the Nation.

I wholeheartedly agree with the premise that we want to preserve America's leadership in space, and that NASA will need stability if it is to maintain that leadership role.

And yet I'm very concerned that in the absence of stability, in the absence of giving NASA a greater level of professionalism and making them less political, that the country is going to wind up abandoning the high ground.

Make it better, and help us find a way to give NASA the stability that they need at headquarters, again, to make those dreams of the future come true.

this seems to be a prescription for wasteful duplication at best, with the potential for serious confusion and instability as the more likely outcomes.

NASA's leadership is crucial for maintaining our position in space exploration.

I put statutory language in last year's bill and this one that says literally no agency can change any program, policy, you cannot change funding levels for any program or policy based on the President's budget.

the goal of this mission is to achieve the scientific objectives of the Decadal Survey, which as you have just confirmed for the record has to include a lander if we are going to answer that essential and most exciting question of all, is…

It is just unacceptable the level of cyber theft and espionage the Chinese have been engaged.

The Chinese space program is owned lock, stock and barrel, controlled by the People's Liberation Army.

It is extraordinarily important to protecting the nation's space program and our technology from penetration by foreign agents.

this $2 billion increase in mandatory spending that you are assuming in your request is simply not going to happen

I really want to cut the Office of Management and Budget out of the loop for NASA and the National Science Foundation.

The Obama administration has just issued a series of executive actions attempting to limit our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. As the new chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership in helping San Bernardino recover from this horrific attack. Law enforcement protecting the homeland is our top priority in this bill, and we have provided a significant increase for the FBI to…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. {time} 1645 The Acting CHAIR. The Chair understands that amendment…

One of our principal responsibilities here is to be good stewards of our constituents' hard-earned tax dollars. It is a responsibility that I know each one of us takes very seriously. My amendment today will ensure that we apply the same…