Lamar Smith actually said...

Let me be very clear, on my watch Congress will not agree to gutting the SLS program; not now and not any time in the foreseeable future.

We wish to send a loud and clear message that space exploration is NASA's number one priority.

At a fundamental level, space exploration--the mission of NASA--is about inspiration.

Great nations do great things. Everyone in today's hearing wants to ensure that the first flag flying on the surface of Mars is planted by a...