Lamar Smith actually said...

The Asteroid Retrieval Mission is a distraction without any connection to a larger roadmap to explore our solar system.

Unfortunately, the Obama Administration, year after year, woefully under-budgets the very programs that will get us to Mars.

Our hearing covers a critical aspect of our Nation's future journey to Mars.

DOE should expand access to America's oil and gas resources, not use limited research dollars to help the EPA measure emissions.