Lamar Smith

Let me be very clear, on my watch Congress will not agree to gutting the SLS program; not now and not any time in the foreseeable future.

Great nations do great things. Everyone in today's hearing wants to ensure that the first flag flying on the surface of Mars is planted by an American astronaut.

At a fundamental level, space exploration--the mission of NASA--is about inspiration.

There is bipartisan support within Congress that NASA stay on track with the Orion crew vehicle and Space Launch System.

Today we honor the distinguished service of our friend and colleague, Ralph Hall of Texas. If there were a congressional ``Hall of Fame,'' Representative Hall would be a first ballot inductee. His many years of service were highlighted at…

How many people will succeed in actually entering without being apprehended, would you guess?

I thank the gentleman from Arizona for yielding me this time. H.R. 4012, the Secret Science Reform Act, is a short, commonsense bill. It requires the Environmental Protection Agency to base its regulations on public information. I thank…

The editorial boards of several national publications have supported amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants. It is a credit to their intellectual honesty that the media now admit that President Obama's threats to use executive orders…

Did you think the website was secure before it was operational?

Finally, I want to take a moment to thank the chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee, Dr. Paul Broun, for his tireless efforts on this subject and many others before the Oversight Subcommittee.

Americans have seen firsthand the misrepresentations that surround Obamacare. First, there was the President's broken promise that 'If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.'

More recently, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found 'HealthCare.gov had weaknesses when it was first deployed...'

So you think all the risks were addressed before the website was made operational?

As I understand it, you were briefed and given notice on several occasions that there were problems with the Obamacare website.

Do you discount the Government Accountability Office's review?

Did you at any point brief the president or the White House about the Obamacare website before it went operational?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I thank Congressman Chris Stewart, former Chairman of the Science Committee's Environment Subcommittee, for his hard work on this important piece of legislation. H.R. 1422, The Science Advisory Board Reform Act, ensures balanced and…

If the gentleman will yield briefly, I will just say that I purposely stayed on the House floor just because I respect and admire the gentleman and what he has to say. And I happen to have agreed with everything he mentioned tonight about…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, let me say that I am absolutely privileged and honored to be here tonight to be able to talk about such a good friend, Howard Coble. If I were to describe Howard in two words--and this is…

Today we consider H.R. 2, ``the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act.'' I thank the gentleman from Nebraska, Mr. Terry, for his initiative on this bill. Title III of this bill includes H.R. 2850, ``the…

For most people, dyslexia is a disability. But if we change the way we approach it, we can turn disability into possibility.

I hope every Member of the Science Committee will cosponsor that resolution and we will urge them to do so.

I hope today's hearing will serve two purposes. First, contribute to our understanding as policy-makers about the neuroscience of dyslexia.

One out of every five people struggle with dyslexia in its various forms. In fact, it is the most common reading disability in America.