Thank you very much.

Great nations do great things. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses on what's needed to write an Artemis narrative that is worthy of our great Nation.

NASA needs to provide us with an updated plan, precise timeline and a realistic budget.

We won't get to the Moon and Mars with imprecise budgets and vague deadlines.

I am encouraged by that and by the fact that the International Space Station partnership has been successfully preserved through periods of geopolitical stress in the past.

Everything is dependent on having a clear and agreed-upon story of what we are doing, why, and how we will get there.

I'm tired of the narrative that Congress isn't giving NASA the money it needs.

WMATA initially withheld some information required for this audit from the Safety Commission, and misleading statements regarding the Safety Commission's work...

The health of our astronomy and astrophysics enterprise is important to the nation's overall industrial and scientific base.

Thank you for co-chairing it.

I want to thank the witnesses for their important work and look forward to their testimony.