Lamar Smith: “The Department of Energy (DOE) at its core is a science agency.”

Now that the Independent Review Board has completed its work, we should review the decades-long JWST cost overruns and schedule delays.

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

It is truly staggering to behold how this space telescope's cost and schedule projections went from costing the same as a space shuttle mission--around half-a-billion dollars with an original launch date in 2007--to now becoming an…

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.