Lamar Smith actually said...

We need to make this agency less political, more professional, and give them the ability to see far into the future.

Smith emphasizes the need for NASA to operate with stability and professionalism.

02/24/2016

More Lamar Smith Quotes

And again, it appears by the cuts that the Administration's priorities do not coincide with this Committee's priorities, but I thank you for...

But meanwhile, the Administration doesn't give as great a priority to NASA as it does to a lot of other programs.

We need to make up for lost ground.

The White House's approach has been to raid NASA's budget to fund the Administration's environmental agenda.