the subcommittee is chaired by jerry moran. -- jerry moran. >> my hand will work as the gavel this afternoon. we are going to start a couple minutes early. both at 3:15. this will be similar to the hearing we had last week under similar circumstances at the fbi director. good afternoon. i called the steering to order. i'm pleased to be joined today by the act and ranking member of the subcommittee, senator schatz. i chair the subcommittee he was the ranking member of before i came here and he followed me in this capacity and i look forward to working with you and your colleagues on this particular issue of commerce at the national aeronautics and space administration. administrator, were delighted to have you join us. in light of the time constraints i'm willing to forgo an opening statement and i turned to the senator from hawaii, senator schatz. >> good to be back with you. chairman moran, thank you administrator for being here. i'd also ask to put my statement in the record >> administrator bridestine, we welcome your testimony. while you may have been in start did, i would encourage you

savvy from the parties they really control everything and they've also of course you know they've jerry moran the districts in a way that suits them so obviously there's still that so it's not an ideal situation but it is it is a bit of a change it is opening some opportunity and getting people some hope i think it's very important to have a little bit of hope in lebanon because a lot people have lost hope and they're very apathetic about elections they believe nothing will ever change in the country but i think change is really inevitable and it happens in any environment and we are living in change today just by virtue of the fact that our neighbors said that you know they've organized this nationalist before independence were able to organize very well and so there's a whole machine of organizing people together that that's very new and that's the kind of work that needs to be done so in some ways i think we're seeing a laying of the foundation for change in the future even if it might not happen right away i just look let's say one think i tilted the agony was you would that these electio

senator jerry moran chaired the sub appropriations committee hearing. >> [inaudible] agencies to come to order. we have logistical issues today, in which there are boats at 2: 2:00. our hearing was intended and will be a two-part set of hearings. this one in public and then we will convene in the visitor center of the united states capitol for a more classified briefing, and intend to do that. senator shaheen and i agreed to forgo our opening statements. i will hold members -- senator feinstein is the only one here to hear this, but i will do everything i can including a too restrictive for them to their five minutes and i will use the gap to accomplish that and to reconvene the right following the second boat on me to go to series so we will try to get started as early as we can. in that setting we will work hard to give everybody an opportunity to pursue things they didn't get to pursue. let me say as my opening statement, director it is an honor to be here and to get to know you. i express my gratitude to you and the people that work at the fbi and other agencies related to nationa