October 08, 2010
Letter to Senate Appropriators regarding NASA Authorization
October 8, 2010
S-128 Capitol S-128 Capitol
Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20515
Last week the House passed S. 3729, the NASA Authorization Act of 2010. Consideration of the Senate bill, and subsequent passage, was necessary to help provide a degree of certainty, stability, and clarity for our nation’s space program, the NASA workforce, and the NASA communities across the country. However, over the past two months, discussions have been on-going between the House and Senate on development of a compromise NASA Authorization bill that would incorporate the best of the Senate-passed bill and the bill reported by the Committee on Science and Technology on July 22. Last week, we put forward a compromise which we believe met this test. Though every effort was made to secure support for this legislation in both chambers of Congress, an effort to provide for expedited consideration by the Senate of this compromise was unsuccessful.
Dear Chairman Inouye, Ranking Member Cochran, Chairwoman Mikulski, Ranking Member Shelby:
Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science
SD-142 SD-142
SD-142 SD-142
Chairwoman Ranking Member
The Hon. Barbara A. Mikulski The Hon. Richard C. Shelby
Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations
Chairman Ranking Member
The Hon. Daniel K. Inouye The Hon. Thad Cochran
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