The orion and sls the vanguard of the program are the key to advancing these interests. I look forward to hearing from mr. Gerstenmaier and ms. Chaplain about the challenges and opportunities facing these important programs. I now recognize the Ranking Member from maryland. Its been a good morning to the witnesses. I want to join the chair man in congratulating nasa, lockheed, United Launch Alliance and the Contractor Team on conducting the exploration test of the orion capsule last week and i think that it was exciting and i know that around the country and around the world there were many of us working on Solution Division for the first time in a long time at the u. S. Space program that is very forwardlooking. They are below the orbits to test and verify the design can reduce technical risk and recover ability operations. Mr. Chairman, i belief that this Shows Americans the tangible progress is in fact being made on returning humans to exploration beyond earths neighborhood in the g
A few moments ago we heard the president lay out his vision for the year to come. Even if we may not always agree its important to hear different points of view in this great country. We appreciate the president sharing his. Tonight, though, rather than respond to a speech, id like to talk about your priorities. Id like to have a conversation about the new Republican Congress you just elected and how we plan to make washington focus on your concerns again. We heard the message you sent in november loud and clear. And now were getting to work to change the direction washington has been taking our country. The new Republican Congress also understands how difficult these past six years have been. For many of us the sting of the economy and the frustration with washingtons dysfunction werent things we had to read about. We felt them every day of we felt them in red oak, the little town in south western iowa where i grew up and am still proud to call home today. As a young girl, i plowed th
that s why i offered an amendment to name the taliban in afghanistan as a terrorist organization. turns out they re not. we ve left that off the table as a bargaining chip. you can see where that has gotten us. it s time to name them as a terrorist organization to block this administration and future administrations and private citizens from financially aiding the taliban in afghanistan. that s why the amendment matters. that s why i offered it. i just walked out of the armed services committee room. my amendment has been blocked by the democrats. they wouldn t allow it to move forward i believe they have future plans to legitimize the taliban government and reward them, give them money and supplies moving forward. i m going to fight against this and so will my republican colleagues. it appears democrats are okay with legitimizing the taliban, our enemy.
most folks have been able to come back in, sit down, and say, look, i get it, that s his personality. i don t think those two were ever able to resolve their differences. that s very unfortunate. very quickly, you support this proposal to rename the russell senate office building the mccain senate office building? i think that s one proposal that would be a very good one. there s another one to rename the armed services committee room. i think mitch has got the right idea. mitch mcconnell has the right idea. let s get a regular order committee put together. let s go back in and look at all the different ideas. then let s lay out a planned strategy after we get all the ideas. i think the russell building is one very good idea. senator rounds, as usual, thanks so much for joining us. thank you. up next, pennsylvania s attorney general standing by to join me live. he says he has evidence the vatican knew about a systematic cover-up in a state to protect abusive priests. we ll ha