i now organize the ranking member senator shatz. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here. do you believe that greenhouse gases are the primary cause of climate change? >> yes. the nasa climate assessment that includes nasa and includes the department of energy and includes noah has clearly stated that it is extremely likely, as the language they use, extremely likely that human activity is the dominant cause of global warming and i have no reason to doubt the science the comes from that. >> do you agree with the scientific consensus that includes many nasa researchers that the climate is changing as humans are the leading cause? >> yes. >> is a fair to call this an evolution of your views? >> yes. >> do you commit to supporting the funding independence and integrity of climate science at nasa? >> without question. >> thank you, and ministry. we have had multiple conversations both over the table and since then in person and on the phone and i want to recognize your evolution on this issue. i think it is essential for one of the premier science age

. >> senator shatz, picu, senator capito. >> i know you waited a while to get here so you are taking charge. you and i talked about the facility in fairmont and i want to know -- i know you have been aware and are supportive of that but what do you might envision for the future where that applications might be more beneficial to nasa but also within the federal government. >> yes, ma'am. that's a wonderful question. the facility is currently partnering with a number of different agencies apart from nasa. i can think of the department of energy and the department of homeland security and of course we have nongovernment partners as well so we do utilize nasa to do governmental things that are broader than what nasa itself does. we want to continue doing that. we believe that we are a national asset that can be utilized by a whole host of government and nongovernment functions. we want to make sure that when we do that we are not impacting nasa's mission so that is an important thing that i want to make sure that we don't impact and suspicions but certainly we see ourselves as a partner

. >> senator shatz. >> thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations mr. chairman. i'm looking forward to working with you. i'll miss you on the subcommittee but i understand and forgive you. mr. attorney general, thank you for being here. i want to follow up on a question that chairman moran asked about the citizenship question on the census. communities of color, advocacies -- excuse me advocacy organizations around the census are frankly worried that the presence of that question is going to discourage participation in immigrant communities. and i understand that it's on the long form and i understand it's not without precedent we are doing that but i have two questions for you. first, how do you respond to those communities of color who are worried that this will simply scare people to not respond to the census at all? number one. and number two is, you indicated that the civil rights division wants the data, and i'm wondering why? >> i'll be glad to send you the letter we produced regarding the issue of advantages of it, having the information. i do note that i