[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2902]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          SAVING NASA, A NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST AND ASSET

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased tonight to 
acknowledge that there is a lot of energy behind the engine of NASA and 
the Constellation Program. There is a lot of interest across America, 
not so much for the individual States that are impacted but for the 
research engine of the international space station and the importance 
of human space exploration.
  Today, I will introduce, along with 16 cosponsors, H. Res. 1150, 
which declares NASA a national security interest and asset. It 
emphasizes the importance of the work of NASA. As well, it indicates 
that the elimination of the Constellation Program will, in fact, create 
a national security risk to the United States and will diminish the 
Nation's efforts to advance scientific research in space.
  In addition, we are asking and indicating that there should be 
partnerships between universities and that NASA centers should be 
established to provide research opportunities to conduct research on 
behalf of the United States at the International Space Station. In 
addition, this legislation will ask for the full funding of the 
Constellation Program.
  We must save NASA. We must save jobs. This is an American imperative.

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