Press Releases :: February 13, 2008

Committee Examines FY09 NASA Budget

(Washington, DC) Today, the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology held its first hearing to review the proposal for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Fiscal Year 2009 budget request and NASA’s proposed Fiscal Year 2008 Operating Plan.  The Committee maintains jurisdiction over the Agency and will be reauthorizing NASA’s programs this year.

Committee Members heard testimony from and questioned NASA Administrator Dr. Michael Griffin on a range of issues related to NASA’s funding and priorities. 

At the hearing, full Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) and Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Chairman Mark Udall (D-CO) offered the following statements.

Click here for Chairman Gordon and Chairman Udall's opening statements.

For further information on this hearing or to access testimony, please visit the Committee’s website at www.house.gov/science.

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