Lamar Smith: “I want to thank Chairman Babin for introducing this bill.”

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…

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

Now that the Independent Review Board has completed its work, we should review the decades-long JWST cost overruns and schedule delays.