Fiscal year 2008 Appropriation Bill requires NASA to issue a report on shuttle workforce loss every six months.
I think sometimes when you have something like this, this is very important.
Charles Krauthammer's piece about a month and a half ago, he said, decline is a choice.
Nobody says anything, nobody seems to care.
That is not good.
I think one of the greatest benefits of NASA to our society is the inspiration and excitement it provides for young people.
If you lose somebody you never get them back in a way.
But I really worry at times that--and I know the President has got a lot on his mind.
I think it would be helpful with the spirit of reconciliation, not to use the reconciliation that you are talking about in the Congress.
I do worry a little bit about every administration that puts something out there.
I really worry that the Nation is ready to come into a period of decline.