Rick Larsen actually said...

It was the President's decision, reckless, reckless decision, irresponsible decision to shut this Government down.

the purpose of this hearing, then, is two-fold.

We have to have a more of a bottom-up approach because we have such a very active private sector innovative economy.

The Polar Star is aging. It is one casualty away from not being able to conduct any of its missions.