. >> joining us now eddie bernice johnson of texas. good afternoon. >> good afternoon.ank you. >> paul ryan was sounding very do you think he believes the president is secretly wanting to cause the gridlock and dysfunction of congress? >> he might believe that because it's at the point now where we don't know what the republicans believe. it's a got you. every issue is a got you where they find something to criticize the president on instead of taking care of the people. the whole focus of these republicans is getting away to have a wage against the president. they are not taking care of business. >> do you think that's why they have chosen to jump on this contraception issue? >> indeed. >> you think this is another opportunity to attack the president? >> it's another opportunity to attack the president. use an emotional issue to dtry o divide the president from some voters. we're talking about an insurance plan. we're not talking about church or faith. it does not force anything on anybody. it gives women the opportunity to have health care of their choice. it's so int

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space, and technology, and the representative from the 30th district of texas, the honorable eddie bernice johnsonu for this opportunity to make -- to permit me to make a few remarks as we honor distinguished americans. you know, hero is an overused word. but i think that all who are assembled today would not hesitate to describe our honorees as genuine national heroes. in fact, the only ones who might object to that description are the honorees themselves. in an age of inflated egos and self-promotion, each of these has distinguished himself and his modest, his competence, his bravery and his dedication to serving this nation. while we ostensibly are honoring them by bestowing gold medals, it is a simple representation of all they have meant to america. as i said to mr. armstrong when he testified before our committee earlier this year, america's space program is as much about inspiration as it is about rockets and space capsules. and the four gentlemen we are honoring today are continuing to inspire our young and old. even though our path making, path breaking missions occurred more than four de

eddie bernice johnson, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. miss johnson: thank you very much. mr. speaker -- ms. johnson: thank you very much. mr. speaker, let me thank the chairman and ranking member of the full committee on transportation and infrastructure, as well as the science, space, and technology committee and simply say that at the end of this year i would have completed two decades on both of these committees. and you know on committees is where you develop most of your friendships. jerry costello and his wife, georgia, have been one of those true friendships that i have experienced. and i will be so -- i'll miss him greatly and i'll miss her greatly when he retires and i hope they'll visit often. my role as a conferee on this conference committee was that as ranking member of the science, space, and technology committee. and i'd like to highlight some of the provisions in this bill that fall within the jurisdiction of this committee. the nextgen modernization