Tue, Feb 16, 2010
Newt Gingrich, Bob Walker Write Op-Ed In Washington Times
Two former leaders of the
Republican Party are urging current members of Congress to support
President Obama's NASA budget, which was unveiled earlier this
month.
In a Sunday Op-Ed piece in "The Washington Times", the two
Congressional veterans say “The Obama administration’s
budget for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
deserves strong approval from Republicans. The 2011 spending plan
for the space agency does what is obvious to anyone who cares about
man’s future in space and what presidential commissions have
been recommending for nearly a decade.”
Gingrich (R-GA) (right) was
Speaker of the House following the 1994 Republican takeover of that
body. Walker (R-PA) chaired the House Science Committee.
Gingrich and Walker compare where the United States is now with
space flight with the railroads which opened up the American West
over a century ago. They say commercial spaceflight “has the
potential of creating thousands of new jobs, largely the kind of
high-tech work to which our nation should aspire,” according
to a Commercial Spaceflight Federation blog.
Since leaving Congress, Gingrich has been named to the
board of governors of the National Space Society, and Walker, who
was chairman of the Commission on the Future of the United States
Aerospace Industry. " “Bipartisan cooperation has been
difficult to achieve in Congress, but here is a chance. By looking
forward, NASA has given us a way to move forward. It deserves broad
support for daring to challenge the status quo,” they
wrote.
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