Rep. Adam Schiff Praises Appropriations Committee for Fully Funding Planetary Science

Statement

Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) released the following statement after the Commerce, Justice and Science FY 2016 Appropriations bill was marked up in the full committee, which now heads to the House Floor in the coming months:

"Some rare good news on federal funding for an important priority today, when the House Appropriations Committee agreed to fund Planetary Science and NASA at levels far above what the President requested. By providing full funding -- and in many cases, strong increases -- for NASA's Planetary Science missions, Congress has stated unequivocally to the White House that the scientists got it right in the decadal survey, and that we should be funding missions to Mars and Europa.

"I'm also hopeful that as the appropriations process proceeds, we will be able to get NASA's Earth Science budget up to where it should be, as well. We must also ensure that spacecraft still producing good science are not shut down prematurely, and that other programs have the long-term funding necessary to plan for future missions. I want to thank Chairman Culberson and Ranking Member Fattah for working with the community and me, and I look forward to continuing to support these critical missions well into the future."

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