I have never seen a sadder face on any person than I saw on you following the Columbia accident.

I think it is just absolutely essential that we renew our commitment to the shuttle and to the manned shuttle.

I am more encouraged by this year's NASA budget than I have been in years past.

I am pleased with that.

I think this is one of the great success stories of our ongoing efforts with space exploration.

I do hope that as things are beginning to come out, as this is beginning to come to closure, that you are going to come back to us with a system of communications from the bottom to the top.

It is my fervent wish that we would be able to pass our bill before the end of this session

This is a simple bill. It is not a massive, new bureaucracy.

This legislation addresses the issue of mammography. It mandates that everyone has a right to receive a mammogram who is 40 years of age or older or is at high risk of developing breast cancer.

I hope, as we all do, that we will soon arrive at answers to the many questions before us on this matter.

I am concerned after reading the recent Washington Post article that women will not be encouraged to get a mammogram.

That is right, Madam Chairman, and you and I, of course, have worked on many cancer issues and trying to fund cancer research.