Lamar Smith: “Thank you, Chairwoman Comstock, for holding such an interesting and important hearing today.”

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

I thank Mr. Hultgren for yielding me time on his bill, H.R. 5907, the National Innovation Modernization by Laboratory Empowerment Act, or NIMBLE Act. This legislation authorizes the Secretary of Energy to provide signature authority to the…

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

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