Kay Bailey Hutchison

I am delighted to join our distinguished Majority and Minority Leaders in introducing and cosponsoring the America COMPETES Act. This is an essential and important first step in addressing critical challenges facing our Nation in an…

I wish to take a moment, as they are talking about the way to proceed further, to read a letter I have read every year since I have been in the Senate on or around March 2, which is Texas Independence Day. Today is the 171st anniversary of…

A combined total of $3.1 billion less for those 2 years than we authorized.

Well, I'm very disappointed to hear that, because it was my impression that the appropriations staff person was saying that you would have the flexibility to continue the priorities, which have been human spaceflight, and that…

That language was changed, in the continuing resolution, from the Senate-passed bill.

And there's no outside source that would probably consider the $350 million able to be recovered from the science?

The 2008 budget looks very strong, a 3.1 percent increase.

This budget request, in the context of the FY 2007 Continuing Resolution, is not an adequate budget.

I'm not worried about the Moon right now, either. I'm worried about replacing the Shuttle.

I say this is unacceptable--especially at a time when other nations are aggressively developing space technology.

I wanted to ask you if you are seeing that in actuality?

I would like to ask you if you would give me the detail of how much you would need in transferability to continue the Crew Exploration Vehicle

But you do have the offset of what is being done within aeronautics.

Well, that's why I would like to have the accurate----

that Dr. Sam Ting is working on, both in Switzerland, and other countries, and would like to have the spectrometer go on the Space Station.

I have always enjoyed our very strong and bipartisan working relationship, and look forward to working with you.

If we continue on the President's path, we face an extended period when the United States will have no human access to space.

I want to have the designation of the Space Station as the National Lab mean something.

On the face of it, the request is a good budget, with a 3.1 percent increase over what had been requested for FY 2007.

Thank you for tackling tough issues, like Hubble, and how you put 10 pounds of potatoes into a 5-pound sack.

I can't see that there is one iota of difference in our goals for NASA.

I was alarmed at what the Appropriations Committee did, without our acquiescence, in cutting back on certain programs.

the first reason to vote no on this motion to proceed is that we have no ability to amend or an alternative that would be allowed by the majority to reflect a different point of view. When I hear people on the other side say don't let the…

I rise to speak on the continuing resolution before the Senate, H. J. Res. 20, to point out some of the flaws in the bill. Because we have the potential for a Government shutdown, I believe it is my responsibility to vote for the…

I am very troubled by this process. We are taking up a $463 billion appropriations bill. There is no amendment on the House side and no amendment on the Senate side being allowed. We are going to cloture with no capability of amendments…