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“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support a robust and successful commercial space industry. In that regard, I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues on policies that facilitate the Nation's continued growth and leadership in space. The bill before us today, H.R. 5346, known as the Commercial Space Support Vehicle Act, will amend the statute to provide the Secretary of Transportation with authority to license or permit space support vehicles for space support flights such as crew training or research and development that are related to space launch or reentry. While I am not aware of any pressing need for this amendment at this time, it may provide the industry with some additional flexibility. In addition, Mr. Speaker, it is very important to point out, too, that the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation is sufficiently resourced to accommodate any additional work so that the office can continue to focus on its core responsibilities of licensing and permitting commercial space launch and reentry vehicles. Mr. Speaker, I support moving the bill out of the House, and I reserve the balance of my time.”