. >> as promised we're bringing back, congressman, brian babin.for staying with us. we want to reset for the viewer to let everyone know it just took place there in las vegas. and the continuation of our conversation on immigration and immigration bills we've been talking about. president trump has repeatedly argued the democrats want to let the immigration situation linger to help them in november saying he wanted to stall out a vote. democrats disagree on that. a short time of the president laid out also more of what he thinks it could be in trouble in the midterm elections. i want to play that and have your reaction. >> there word is resist. they want to resist everything. they think it will help them get into office. i don't think so. especially when it comes to raising taxes. when it comes to having week borders and crime. and when it comes to bad healthcare. >> all right, raising taxes, crime, healthcare. your thoughts on that? >> my thoughts are the democrats will not help us you know. his tweet about us waiting until next congress, to adju

brian babin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. babin: thank you, mr. speaker. it's an honor and privilege to work with mr. -- representative mo brooks on the space subcommittee. advancing our nation's priorities and doing our part to ensure strong leadership in america's space program. mo, i want to thank you for this important bill. you are a true champion of marshall space flight center, the center's employees, and the important work that they do every day to keep america first in space. the excitement and enthusiasm about our government and the private space activities has been building toward a fevered pitch. to fine scientists, engineers, and technicians at marshall space flight center have for more than half a century led the world in the development of rocket propulsion. this bill recognizes the impressive accomplishments of marshall, as well as the vital ongoing work that they continue to do to ensure continued american leadership in space. i'm very proud to have worked on and co-sponsored this legislation with my colleagu

this house science subcommittee chaired by texas congressman, brian babin. >> good morning, the subcommittee on space will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to >> declare recesses of the subcommittee at any time. welcome to today's hearing entitled nasa, cost and schedule overruns, acquisition and program management challenges. babin: i will now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. nasa is at a critical juncture as it lays out the details of s road map for babin: i will n exploration missions. exploration missions. while determining the best business approach to success. however, human exploration doesn't encompass the breadth f nasa's total work. they are also launching interplanetary spacecraft systems, advancing science and aeronautics research, and developing critical technologies to enable u.s. leadership in space. strategy acquisition planning, utilization of new contracting mechanisms, and improving management and oversight will be a crucial part of effective, affordable, and sustainable mission success for nasa. as chairman of the space

we're honored to be joined by congressman robert aderholt, brian babin and dana rohrabacher.nd up, congressman, please. thank you, thank you very much. [applause] and a special w to a strong, powerful, wonderful woman, does a great job as governor of one of my favorite places in the world, alabama, kay ivy. kay. [applause] am i doing okay in alabama? i better do okay in alabama. i want to recognize true american heroes, the first woman to command a space shuttle, the great eileen collins. stand up, eileen, great job, great job. it's a lot of time in space. [applause] along with legendary apollo astronauts jack schmidt and buzz aldrin. long time.een a friend of mine a jack, thank you very much. thank you. [applause] and i also have a list of some of the ceo's and chairman and presidents of these incredible companies. wes bush, ceo of northrop grumman. where is wes? wes, thank thank you, thank youy much. thank you, wes. gwen shortwell. gwen, stand up, gwen. will end up running for office. [applause] bob smith, ceo of blue origin who is very active. thank you, bob, i hear you're

this house science subcommittee chaired by texas congressman, brian babin.

joining me right now to talk about all of that is brian babin. thanks for joining us.at we're harassing people out of restaurants because we don't agree with their policy? how do you stop this? >> i think the president was right to really push back. i heard maxine waters' description of what she wanted for people to push back. basically she's calling for harassment. i think after what happened to steve scalise at the baseball park last year, i think this is a very, very -- this is very dangerous ground to be on, to be asking folks to go out and harass people that you don't agree with. i can tell you that civility should be the word of the day. this is a democracy an and exchange of ideas is what the founding fathers wanted to us to do. >> maria: do you think voters will hold her to account come november? >> i hope they do. i really do. i i think people are really -- they see through this. this is democrat grandstanding, political theater as its absolute worse. they want secure borders. the president was elected in 2016 to secure that border and stop illegal immigration