[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 13 (Thursday, February 10, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 10, 1994]
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                                  NASA

  (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, I am very concerned about the NASA budget. 
It is going down this year, and it will be flat for the next 5 years. 
This year, it represents a $250 million cut. There are no new 
initiatives in the NASA budget, and we are represented by that budget 
in other requests in science with the smallest investment as a percent 
of Gross National Product since 1954.
  The problem with all this is the Space Station. The Space Station is 
the albatross around NASA's neck.
  We now have gone to a joint venture with the Russians. This presents 
compatibility problems with technology, cost, infrastructure with the 
Kazakstan and Baykonyr facilities, all kinds of new problems.
  I strongly suggest that NASA step back. We evaluate where NASA needs 
to go and where we need to invest this money and cancel the Space 
Station.

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