Lamar Smith: “I understand that the gentleman from Georgia has yielded back his time; if so, I yield back the balance of my time as…”

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

As I said yesterday, when government contractors make mistakes, typically no one is held accountable.

I have no other requests for time either, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Woodall). The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith) that the House suspend the rules and…

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