"Thank you for co-chairing it."
"Thank you very much. And Chairman Bowman, thanks very much for holding this hearing. This is the most exciting hearing I've seen in 2021 in terms of the potential."
"I keep talking about, you know, we have a little more than $1 billion for fusion energy coming out of a--blessed by the Science Committee and included in Build Back Better, and in a bill that could be..."
"Well, thank you. Yes, I get discouraged by how slowly we move here, so my new legislative strategy is build, try, break."
"If we're serious about deep space exploration to Mars with humans, which I am serious about, and I know everyone on this Committee is, we need to take bold steps to make it happen and make it sustaina..."
"Today we're talking about one bold effort that could get us much closer to achieving that Mars goal, space nuclear propulsion."
"Space nuclear propulsion can produce thrust far more efficiently than conventional chemical systems, allowing for shorter trip times to Mars."
"If the United States is serious about leading in a human mission to Mars, we have no time to lose."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, very much."
"How do we make sure that we keep our science open, and what percentage of all the research and work that they're doing really represents a national security threat to us?"
"Every Democrat and every Republican talks about--willing to keep these great new Ph.D.'s in our physical sciences here. How come we can't pass the equivalent of the STAPLE Act in the U.S. Congress?"
"The ISS partnership is a beacon of, and vehicle for, peaceful, international cooperation in outer space."