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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaatc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RE- LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Richard C. Shelby presiding. Present: Senators Mikulski, Shelby, and Cochran. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES F. BOLDEN, JR., ADMINISTRATOR OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD C. SHELBY Senator SHELBY. The subcommittee will come to order. Senator Mikulski, our chairperson, is running a little late. You never know when traffic and other things happen, General Bolden, so she asked me to go ahead and get started. And with your per- mission, I will. General Bolden, I'm going to give an opening statement, and then we'll see where we go from there. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is one of the most publicly-recognized agencies in the Federal Govern- ment and an inspiration to young people around the world, moti- vating them to become scientists, engineers, and explorers. I look forward to hearing from Administrator Bolden about this budget and NASA's plans for the future. The fiscal year 2014 budget aspires to do many new, innovative, and exciting things, yet it proposes, General Bolden, no additional funding. In essence, NASA is proposing to do more with less. I strongly believe that this country must continue to push the science and engineering envelope while maintaining focus on cur- rent investments in order to realize tangible benefits. I'm concerned, General Bolden, that the budget before us is an example of chasing the next great idea while sacrificing current in- vestments. This country has finite resources to invest, and while we're committed to NASA's mission, subjecting mission-critical ac- tivities to shoestring budgets because a more exciting idea has come along I don't think is wise. Based on the proposed budget, as well as previous budgets, I have serious doubts about NASA's dedication to truly developing a heavy launch capability. I hope you will dispel that. (1)

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