"I want to voice my strong support for breaking barriers and opening doors so that all of America's talent can be part of this exciting future in planetary science."
"Maintaining U.S. leadership requires that we hew to the carefully crafted strategy laid out in the decadal survey, maintain balance, manage costs, embrace innovation, and ensure a talented pipeline."
"We can't afford not to, if we want this nation to lead in answering some of the most consequential questions of humanity."
"I think there is good precedent for that. It can be done."
"We really don't want to have debris created in space."
"Thank you, Congressman, very much."
"Report submitted by Representative Don Beyer, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives 'The Cost of Inaction on Climate Change.'"
"The Joint Economic Committee just released a report on Earth Day last week called The Cost of Inaction on Climate Change."
"Even modest warming is going to shrink the economy by hundreds of billions of dollars with higher temperatures raising costs at an increasing rate."
"We recognize and value this--these reports. They inform our work, and even more so, they give us a sense of urgency with which Congress needs to act."
"Hundreds of my constituents have expressed to me their frustrations with the slow pace of change following their input to government authorities about aircraft noise."
"The question before us today is are we willing--is NASA willing--to own the challenges, face them head on, and undo any problematic decisions if necessary?"