Lamar Smith actually said...

We should shift from costly subsidies to research and market-driven technological solutions that will be used around the world.

To many, the Department of Energy (DOE) is typically not regarded as a 'science agency.'

The notion of true American energy independence, long dismissed as unrealistic, is now attainable, perhaps even by the end of this decade.

To me, there is no better way for our astronauts to learn how to live and work on another planet than to use the Moon as a training ground.