Lamar Smith: “I was pleased to see in the fiscal year 2019 budget a refocus on the biological and environmental research programs on…”

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

We can be confident that he is striving to tackle the program management issues NASA faces, specifically those associated with the James Webb Space Telescope.

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…

With clear Congressional direction, strong White House leadership, and NASA's tremendous expertise, we have all the resources available to make significant progress in human space exploration.