Lamar Smith: “Our budget has been cut much more than the typical House committee over the last 2 years.”

I appreciate the longtime efforts of the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Posey) to advance space initiatives. His efforts are reflected in H.R. 5346, the Commercial Space Support Vehicle Act, which he authored and brings to the floor today…

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

This Committee has demonstrated time and again that U.S. leadership in space is a bipartisan priority.

The research done at Department of Energy national laboratories is vital to increasing the fossil fuels' efficiency and reducing environmental impacts.