Ralph Hall: “Thank God for teachers.”

We need to be aware of it and abreast of it and never forget it and looking at it every day, but we need to be reasonable about what we have to spend with no help from people that ought to be assisting us.

Without this new launch system, the technological capability, inspiration and innovation that springs from our human spaceflight programs is going to wither.

I want to thank you for holding this hearing on what is probably one of the most important words in the dictionary, especially to youngsters 18 years old, high school, college graduates, and that word is energy.

I certainly look forward to your leadership on this because it is imperative that EPA's regulatory science be judged by truly independent experts.