Lamar Smith: “Imagine how the discovery of life outside our solar system would alter our priorities for space exploration.”

I thank the gentleman from California for his comments and also for his initiatives on the subject of energy in so many ways. Several other bills that we are considering are a result of that initiative. Mr. Speaker, I have no other…

My hope is that every member of the committee will sponsor it or at least a majority.

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

The Science Committee has held a number of hearings on the regulatory overreach of the previous Administration's Environmental Protection Agency.