Lamar Smith: “And the logical conclusion is, if we could have helped them earlier, we may not have had the kind of problems that…”

If space exploration is going to continue to earn the public's support, then contractors will have to deliver on time and on budget.

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

First of all, I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson) for those nice comments. And she is right, this was a very bipartisan effort and a very bipartisan bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the…

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…