Lamar Smith

With clear Congressional direction, strong White House leadership, and NASA's tremendous expertise, we have all the resources available to make significant progress in human space exploration.

I thank the gentleman from California for his comments and also for his initiatives on the subject of energy in so many ways. Several other bills that we are considering are a result of that initiative. Mr. Speaker, I have no other…

I have further speakers, but I will yield to the ranking member if she has any speakers. I reserve the balance of my time.

I have no other requests for time either, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Woodall). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith) that the House suspend the rules and…

First of all, I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson) for those nice comments. And she is right, this was a very bipartisan effort and a very bipartisan bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the…

As I said yesterday, when government contractors make mistakes, typically no one is held accountable.

If space exploration is going to continue to earn the public's support, then contractors will have to deliver on time and on budget.

I support the continuation of JWST to mission completion and appreciate Administrator Bridenstine's efforts to improve contractor performance.

It is truly staggering to behold how this space telescope's cost and schedule projections went from costing the same as a space shuttle mission--around half-a-billion dollars with an original launch date in 2007--to now becoming an…

Now that the Independent Review Board has completed its work, we should review the decades-long JWST cost overruns and schedule delays.

We can be confident that he is striving to tackle the program management issues NASA faces, specifically those associated with the James Webb Space Telescope.

The research done at Department of Energy national laboratories is vital to increasing the fossil fuels' efficiency and reducing environmental impacts.

Energy produced from fossil fuel is abundant, affordable and vital to America's security and competitiveness.

I look forward to hearing about the promise of fossil energy technologies from our witnesses today and how DOE-funded research supports technological innovations that improve the efficiency, environmental impact, and safety of fossil fuels.

While research on carbon capture, storage, and sequestration technologies remains a priority, there is also potential to research ways to use carbon as an energy resource.

My hope is that every member of the committee will sponsor it or at least a majority.

Jim Bridenstine is the right person at the right time in the right place, and that doesn't happen that often.

The Science Committee has held a number of hearings on the regulatory overreach of the previous Administration's Environmental Protection Agency.

I think the American people are rightfully sometimes frustrated by the Federal Government when things go wrong.

It is time for NASA's contractors to deliver.

Congress has a responsibility to authorize and appropriate funding necessary to accomplish the tasks it directs NASA to carry out.

Healthy budgets are a good start, but they must be followed up with solid management and oversight to make certain taxpayers' funds are spent well.

This Committee has demonstrated time and again that U.S. leadership in space is a bipartisan priority.

I appreciate Chairman Simpson's commitment and support. I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. Chair, I withdraw my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn. Amendment No. 20 Offered by Mr. Keating The Acting CHAIR (Mr…