You’re denying resources to programs that serve the middle class and neediest of the needy on the eve of a projected vote to provide tax benefits and breaks to the most advantaged in our society.

The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy just this week recommended a partial transfer, and the president’s commission on space exploration, headed by former Air Force Secretary Pete Aldridge, is also reportedly considering such an idea,...

NASA cannot carry out all the tasks currently on its plate without significantly more money.

Perhaps worst of all, the bill still does virtually nothing to limit the nation’s growing demand for oil: the core cause of price spikes.

This bill has more momentum than ever before — even after the president’s change of heart on CO2,

We need to put together a full picture of the actual risks and costs of the space shuttle before deciding whether and how the program should be run.

The question Congress and the administration will still have to grapple with most is not the nature or desirability of the exploration architecture, but rather its timing,

The bill weakens state and federal environmental standards … and gives a break to wealthy oil companies while doing little or nothing to affect oil prices,

To learn nothing and do nothing would be delinquent,

If you bring creative professors together with dedicated students in a state-of-the-art facility, the possibilities are infinite,

[Boehlert cited statistics that showed it is small liberal arts colleges, not research universities, which have the best record of graduating students that will go on to receive Ph.D.s in science, mathematics or engineering.] Hamilton...

Sixteen Hundred Pennsylvania Avenue should follow the example of Ten Downing Street, and focus national attention on this.

In such a budget, should NASA receive almost a 6 percent increase? Is it the highest domestic spending priority? I don’t think so, and I doubt my colleagues will either,

A lot of people are impatient, understandably, … And a lot of people want action as quickly as possible.

We are extremely pleased that the President has nominated Mike Griffin to be NASA Administrator … Dr. Griffin has long been a resource to the Science Committee, both as a public witness and in providing...

There is simply not enough money in NASA’s budget to carry out all the tasks it’s undertaking on the current schedule.

The decisions we make in the next few months will affect the future of the space program for decades to come, … They need to be made deliberately. That’s the proper way to honor the...

There is a clear message from the election results all over the country, … The American people, by and large as a body politic, are looking for a more centrist approach.

What we couldn’t accept was the new mandatory spending under this bill, which would open the federal purse to developers, … Reforming the law should not be a euphemism for gutting the law, and that’s...

Our voice is being listened to now more than it has in the past.

Your husband was a hometown hero, … And all the people identified with this island are hometown heroes for the good work they’ve been doing that will benefit everyone. This is what makes us one...