If I could put a dollar value on the medical returns here on Earth. I tell people I go home every day, and I feel great because I have made life better for somebody on this Earth.

So if we are even reasonably concerned that the commercial crew program may not deliver in time to serve the International Space Station, I guess the question somebody would have to ask, and I am not saying I am opposed to it, but why…

I will go with you, again. But it is really important.

Maybe if CASIS had done a better job last month, something would have taken place that would have been discovered next week.

Virginia is very excited about using this facility and the upcoming test flight of Orbital Sciences' rocket.

there is only two types of companies in America. Those who know they have been hacked by the Chinese, and those that do not know they have been hacked by the Chinese.

We had her up the last time.

While the cost overruns in the James Webb program have been deeply disappointing, I hope that some good lessons were learned from the experience to help avoid a repeat of this situation in the future.

Because Russia is aiding the Syrians, as you know. The Syrians are killing their own citizens.

The administration's budget proposal walks away from America's leadership role in planetary exploration, it essentially cancels the Mars program.

China, an economic competitor who has been proven to steal from us, doesn't need or deserve our help to improve their own capabilities.

I was surprised too, before I read the Bloomberg thing.

If we go down to one at the end of the game, that is okay, but now our redundant backup is where we are today, and that is Russia, and I do not want to be there.

The primary reason is twofold. It is to give us the flexibility to get the right skill mix.

NASA has proposed, though, to delete the cost control language in the fiscal year 2013 request.

I would think most members up here would agree that the top priority is closing the gap and not seeding the companies

We need for Orbital to be able to launch.

I love the Chinese people. I probably meet with more Chinese people than any other Member of the House.

I hope it can be resolved. I think the sooner you are able to come up and explain to the committee that this is the way to save money, not really to spend money, the better off it will be.

What happens if the project is moving toward a cost overrun, what do you do?

I think we all have an obligation to the American taxpayer to make sure that it is utilized.

In order to achieve those goals more quickly, they engage in espionage to boost their capabilities.

I think American taxpayers and American workers have been taken for a ride.

I want to thank Chairman Wolf, Mr. Fattah, and members of this subcommittee I thank for the enormous support you have shown to NSF.

You cannot walk away from entry descent and landing expertise on Mars, and we are not doing that.