Lamar Smith: “At a fundamental level, space exploration-the mission of NASA-is about inspiration.”

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

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

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…

I thank the vice chairman of the Space Subcommittee for yielding me time, and I appreciate all that Mr. Brooks, the gentleman from Alabama, has done for space exploration and for spaceflight. The House Science, Space, and Technology…