Lamar Smith: “Today's hearing is on a subject important to our Nation and to our world.”

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

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 thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam) for yielding me time, and I thank another gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis) for introducing this legislation. The Equitable Access to Care and Health Act is a bill that I strongly…

I thank the vice chairman of the Space Subcommittee for yielding me time, and I appreciate all that Mr. Brooks, the gentleman from Alabama, has done for space exploration and for spaceflight. The House Science, Space, and Technology…