Lamar Smith actually said...

Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.

This morning's hearing will focus on one of the National Science Foundation's most ambitious major research facility projects...

We have pushed the NSF to exert greater oversight controls of the construction project, which seemed to be plagued with problems.

The IG issued an alert memorandum this week that details further inappropriate expenditures by NEON discovered by the NSF.