Lamar Smith: “America has always been a Nation of innovators and explorers.”

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.

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

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

With the Speaker's allowance and permission, we have another speaker on his way to the House floor who we expect to be here in another 30 seconds, so if I could talk slowly and go on for another 30 seconds, I think the gentleman from Texas…