Lamar Smith: “I made certain that NASA has today the largest appropriation that they have ever received since the agency was created…”

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.

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

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

With the Speaker's allowance and permission, we have another speaker on his way to the House floor who we expect to be here in another 30 seconds, so if I could talk slowly and go on for another 30 seconds, I think the gentleman from Texas…