I will have to say that Mr. Pryor sitting here was the architect of this law.

And yet the very next year, we have you coming forward cutting that budget that was the basis of your very sought after and required outside audit study before you would move forward.

NASA's priorities, as we all agreed to in a meeting in my office just a few months ago, were, number one, the JWST.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate the relationship and the support that we have from our chairman and the members of this subcommittee.

I am concerned about the budget that the Administrator is putting forward today.

At each of our hearings this year each department has been asked about the impact of the budget sequestration might be.

What I would hope is that we could come to the joint goals and all work together for commercial crew, but not at the expense of Orion and SLS.

Mr. Secretary, with the White House's interest in consolidations, has there been any talk of the satellite program either being moved to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...?

You've had a fabulous week.

First of all, the gap in weather coverage that is proposed to occur around 2017 for 24 months, is that something that's being addressed?

It doesn't appear to be the priority in the Department of Commerce that we think it should be.