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Nick Lampson: “I wanted to associate my words with those of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Pence) who made the comments about the NASA…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2001
I wanted to associate my words with those of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Pence) who made the comments about the NASA budget, and to urge our colleagues to continue to support the tremendous work that has been done by the Committee on Appropriations to make sure that we have adequate funding to keep the International Space Station on the path that we have set it on, to make sure that we have a full crew of seven researchers and astronauts there, and that we accomplish the goals that we set for that, with a safe crew return vehicle and continued operation of the space shuttle in a safe and effective manner.
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Nick Lampson
Texas
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Discussing support for NASA funding and the International Space Station during a House floor speech.

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