Lamar Smith: “This rule represents massive costs without significant benefits.”

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.

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 Texas (Mr. Weber) for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, S. 97, the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act, directs the Department of Energy to enable the American nuclear power industry to conduct civilian…

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