Wed, Nov 25, 2009
Kosmas, Calvert Write Bipartisan Letter To The President
Calling For Increased Funding
Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL) and Congressman Ken Calvert
(R-CA) sent a bipartisan letter to President Obama Monday
calling for additional funding for NASA’s human spaceflight
program. The letter, signed by 81 members of the U.S. House
of Representatives from across the country, is an indication of the
strong national support for human spaceflight and its many
benefits.
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas
The letter comes in response to the report by the Review of
Human Space Flight Plans Committee, which found that NASA is unable
to conduct a meaningful spaceflight program under current budget
levels. The letter calls for the President to support the
committee’s recommendation of a $3 billion annual budget
increase in order to maintain America’s global leadership in
space exploration and to ensure NASA’s continued
contributions to our economy and national security.
“It is critical that we work together to support the
long-lasting technological, economic and national security benefits
of human spaceflight,” said Congresswoman Kosmas.
“Our letter sends a strong message to the President that
Congress will continue to fight to maintain America's leadership in
space exploration in order to inspire this and future generations
to imagine, innovate, and create new science and technology for the
21st century and beyond.”
Rep. Ken Calvert
“NASA’s human space flight program has been the
nation’s leading catalyst for innovation and technology based
on over 50 years of broad public support and strong bipartisan
political leadership,” stated Rep. Calvert, the former
Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
“The agency’s work is linked to larger issues like
national security and American competitiveness. The valuable
research done at NASA is also the genesis of tens of thousands of
high-tech jobs in America and millions of dollars into our
economy.”
Kosmas and Calvert are co-chairs of the NASA House Action Team,
a bipartisan group of legislators from across the country who have
made advocating for NASA one of their top priorities. Their
letter, signed by 42 Democrats and 39 Republicans, also calls for
an extension of the International Space Station at least through
2020 in order to maximize the return on the nation’s
investment in the station.
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