Lamar Smith: “Democracy requires transparency and accountability.”

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

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

It is truly staggering to behold how this space telescope's cost and schedule projections went from costing the same as a space shuttle mission--around half-a-billion dollars with an original launch date in 2007--to now becoming an…