Lamar Smith: “I firmly believe this amendment improves and strengthens the policy of the American Space SAFE Management Act.”

If space exploration is going to continue to earn the public's support, then contractors will have to deliver on time and on budget.

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…

With the Speaker's allowance and permission, we have another speaker on his way to the House floor who we expect to be here in another 30 seconds, so if I could talk slowly and go on for another 30 seconds, I think the gentleman from Texas…

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