Lamar Smith: “I don't know why we expect this to be any better or to perform any better than other stimulus bills that the…”

We can be confident that he is striving to tackle the program management issues NASA faces, specifically those associated with the James Webb Space Telescope.

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

I support the continuation of JWST to mission completion and appreciate Administrator Bridenstine's efforts to improve contractor performance.

First of all, I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson) for those nice comments. And she is right, this was a very bipartisan effort and a very bipartisan bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the…