[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1594]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       WE NEED JOBS FOR AMERICANS

  (Mr. POSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POSEY. Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs?
  I am reading verbatim from portions in an article printed in one of 
our local papers:
  ``NASA plans more outreach to Muslim countries,'' by Mark Matthews, 
February 16.
  ``NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said Tuesday that President 
Barack Obama has asked him to `find ways to reach out to dominantly 
Muslim countries' as the White House pushes the space agency to become 
a tool of international diplomacy now.
  ``Specifically, he talked about connecting with countries that do not 
have an established space program and helping them conduct science 
missions. He mentioned new opportunities with Indonesia, including an 
educational program that examines global climate change. `We really 
like Indonesia because the State Department, the Department of 
Education, and other agencies in the U.S. are reaching out to Indonesia 
as the largest Muslim nation in the world. We would love to establish 
partners there,' Bolden said.''
  It looks to me like the administration is looking out for everyone 
except our own space workers. Am I the only one who thinks there's 
something wrong with this picture?
  We need jobs for Americans.

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