Daily Caller: New Head Of NASA Committee Cruz Wants To Expand Agency Funding, Explore Deep Space
Ted Cruz sounded more like John F. Kennedy Wednesday when the notorious budget hawk and climate skeptic called for deeper pockets and even deeper space missions in his first statement as head of the Senate subcommittee that oversees NASA.
"We must refocus our investment on the hard sciences, on getting men and women into space, on exploring low-Earth orbit and beyond, and not on political distractions that are extraneous to NASA's mandate," the Texas Republican said in a Wednesday statement.
"I am excited to raise these issues in our subcommittee and look forward to producing legislation that confirms our shared commitment to this vital mission."
Cruz took over the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness - which oversees NASA - last week as Republicans formally began exercising their new majority in the upper chamber.
