i rise to support the amendment that mr. olson has offered and i'm delighted that we have the opportunity to work together collaboratively with the chairman and with mr. dicks on this very important issue. i'd like to say publicly that democrats and republicans in the state of texas have worked together on supporting nasa and human space exploration. i'm sorry that i will not have the opportunity to support mr. olson's amendment or vote for it. he is absolutely right. human space flight is conducted in exactly one agency, nasa. and the general houston area and texas are impacted enormously. we have already lost 4,000 jobs. there will be a decrease of $1 billion going to nasa johnson. that will impact the impact in human space exploration. one very well knows a member of our community, captain mark kelly, the husband of our dear and beloved member, congresswoman giffords, will have the opportunity to be on one of the final shuttles, but what most of us are not aware of is because our memory fades us is how much we begin from human

mr. olson: i rise to support the pence amendment preventing any funds going to planned parenthood. i thank my friend from indiana who fights that organizations do not receive federal funding from hard-working taxpayers in this country, the majority of whom do nont their money going to such causes. in june, i received a report i requested from the government accountability office, which revealed that just six organizations connected to the abortion aagenda after received over $1 billion in federal funds over the past eight years, $1 billion. the most significant portion of that money was for planned parenthood and their affiliates, the largest abortion provider in the united states. a recent planned parenthood reporting shows that in 2007 alone 305,000 abortions were performed at their facilities. they opened one in houston, right in the middle of houston's largest minority neighborhood at seven stories high and 78,000 square feet, this center is the largest center in the united states. an entire floor is going to be completely devoted to abortion. if we keep sending funds to aborti

mr. olson: i thank the speaker and my friend from illinois. i rise today in strong support of h.res. 72. in this economic environment, it is critically important for this congress to find and eliminate government regulations which are damaging to the economy and destroying american jobs. according to the heritage foundation, the current administration has imposed 43 major regulations in fiscal year 2010 alone with an estimated cost of $26.5 billion. a prime example of the senseless regulation is the e.p.a.'s new greenhouse gas regulations, which will adversely affect every business and energy consumer in america. the increased costs associated with the new e.p.a. regulations will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher energy costs. those impacted, include small businesses and individuals still struggling to make it out of the current recession. the e.p.a.'s regulations will eliminate american jobs and send them overseas. it's just plain and simple. the bureaucratic e.p.a. permitting process will have increases on compliance costs and

thank you and i yield back the rest of my time to representative olson. . mr. schiff: i'll be brief. it is important with the many space centers around the country in terms of the important jobs it provides. but i don't want to see us rob peter to pay paul within the sciences to go of after the earth sciences budget which is also critically important to the nation's future. when with we look at some of the breathtaking and disastrous weather patterns we've seen around the world, whether it was the incredible and tragic flooding in australia and that in south america, the ability to understand better the nature of our climate and climate change is not only extraordinarily important in terms of saving lives but in terms of what is happening to our planet. we also drive a lot of commercial benefits from our investment not only in earth science but space science as well. these investments pay enormous dividends and technologies that have become a part of all of our homes now. this is an investment i think we want to continue to make and make strongly and while i ag