ms. edwards. i now recognize the ranking member of the full committee from texas ms. johnson for a statement. see thank you very much and good morning. i want to welcome our witnesses to this morning's hearing and i look forward to your testimony. i will be brief in my remarks so we will have enough time to hear from our experts. orbital debris or space junk as it is sometimes called, is not science fiction. it is a reality and something that has implications for the way we operate both are cruise spacecraft and in their commercial and government satellites is a growing problem. dealing with the increase in orbital to worry will not be easy as our witnesses will testify but each is associated with its mitigation and its potential removal from orbiter conflicts. a number of agencies are involved not all of whom are representative and today's hearing but i am pleased that the bipartisan reauthorization bill that we recently marked up now contains several provisions related to orbital debris. i believe that their inclusion is a useful start to addressing this complex set

ms. edwards: thank you, madam speaker. it tells the story of women at the space flight center, women who are in science, technology, engineering, math, women who are engineers, explorers and innovators. i thank the people for their effort and i urge my colleagues to study the process. no cost to the taxpayer and to see into law finally telling the stories of women all across this country. thank you and i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from maryland yields back. the gentlelady from wyoming is recognized. mrs. lummis: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady continues to reserve. mrs. maloney: how much time remains? the speaker pro tempore: two minutes. mrs. maloney: two minutes remain. i'd just like to point out and build on what my good friend and colleague, marsha blackburn, said. it was seneca falls in new york that was the birthplace of the suffrage movement to grant women the right to vote. and in 1920 when the 19th amendment granting that right to vote was at last in the process of being rati

ms. edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. edwards: thank you very muchism ask permission to revise and extend my rashes. thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank chairman shuster, ranking member rahall and our subcommittee chairman mr. gibbs and ranking member mr. bishop and congratulate them and all our staff on the work on this conference report. i rise in support of this bill. i want to point out, however, that on the environmental reamlining provisions in the house and senate passed versions were based on an assumption that a significant number of project delays are due to environmental reviews. i could not disagree more. i would prefer that the environmental provisions in the conference report were not included but i believe we've improved them significantly. we've also ensured that the public will be able to participate effectively as part water epa process on projects that have a profound effect on health, safety and well being. i'd like to commend the conference committee on adopting provisions of the state revolving fu

ms. edwards. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. the reason i wanted mr. rohrabacher to stay because, in mr. weeden's test when he had a recommendation for the executive branch to clarify its strategy for assessing the orbital debris removal. it really struck a chord because it out of committee, bipartisan committee passed bill just a couple weeks ago we included a provision that would require nasa in collaboration with other relevant federal agencies to review the concepts and tactic coal options for removal or bottle debris -- technical options. said getting to this question of not just looking at it and know where it is all very important, but what will be our strategy for removing it? we need to free up some of that space for all the additional activity that's going on. so i wonder if any of you have any views, mr. weeden, starting with you, about what an effective approach and nasa might take to address this particular provision, assuming that it does become law? >> that's a very interesting question. it's a very challenging question because at the mo

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edwards of maryland. somebody who needs no this libraryat since he is responsible for much of its success. my predecessor and for ms. u.s. senator -- former u.s. senator paul perl. olympiaer senator snowe. former governor johnson a new of new hampshire who was resident bush's white house chief of staff. you special personal thank to former transportation secretary andy card who served president bush and that role is white house chief of staff. i can tell you he was essential to the success of the september 11 victim compensation fund. he was my of these on at the white house. what andy did i cannot repay him, i will be at his debt forever. thank you very much. [applause] both of whom served into poetic posts in president bush's administration. thank you for being here. a special thank you to [inaudible] in 2006ived the award and is with us to salute the newest recipients. a past winner of the award. we would like to thank -- there you are. thank you. youfinally a special thank in these -- and the introduction of distinguished guests to our dinner chair and two nights award dinner who helped make this year's dinner