Lamar Smith: “America is a Nation of explorers, and space is the next frontier.”

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber) for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, S. 97, the Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act, directs the Department of Energy to enable the American nuclear power industry to conduct civilian…

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 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…

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…