Lamar Smith: “Submitted statement of Representative Lamar S. Smith, Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.”

Jim Bridenstine is the right person at the right time in the right place, and that doesn't happen that often.

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.

The Science Committee has held a number of hearings on the regulatory overreach of the previous Administration's Environmental Protection Agency.

I thank the gentlewoman from Virginia (Mrs. Comstock), the chairwoman of the Research and Technology Subcommittee, for yielding me time to speak on her legislation. The bill, H.R. 6229, the National Institute of Standards and Technology…