one of them. thank you for your time today. thank you, shannon. shannon: how stunned were you when you heard the announcement. the first word on the moon was houston and not new york city. houston is the home of the space is program for almost 50 years. the home of nasa and it is only appropriate that one of the shuttles come home to houston, not some place else. shannon: we want to read a bit of a statement from nasa. they say we understand some of disappointed with the selection for placement for retired orbiters. nasa ensured the national treasures would be displayed at institutions where the greatest the numbers americans could see them and learn more about the storied h history. we stand by the process and the selections made. that is not good enough for you. tell us about the answers you are now trying to get from the agency. it is not good enough. we have myself and other members of the texas delegation
no. and, you know, they don t have to agree on the budget, because that can go off into next year, and we ll end up with continuing resolutions. they have to make a deal on the debt limit. that s a problem, because the republicans are demanding some kind of certainty on spending caps or or some kind of structural change that will assure them that spending is going down, and at least to this point the democrats are refusing to do it. we know you ll continue to have the key players on fox news sunday as they continue to hash it out. chris, thank you for a preview. thanks. and you can catch all of chris interview with secretary lahood right after our show. fox news sunday airs at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news news channel. before nasa announced the new home of the four retiring space shuttles most assumed that florida and texas were shoo-ins, but when the agency announced that houston was not getting a shuttle the shock quickly turned to outrage
have written nasa and we want to know the process and the cost and why houston was shuttle snubbed if you will. it makes as much sense to put a shuttle in new york as it does to put the statue of liberty in omaha. we fil want some answers. we filed legislation to bring one of the four shuttle orbiters to houston, texas. shannon: i understand it is a bipartisan piece of legislation. not easy to get people to sign on to one plan. you have done it with this. what do you think your odds of success are overriding a federal agency essentially? well, congress passes the laws of the federal agencies aren t to make decisions without congressional approval. so nasa made a mistake and we want to correct it and if we have to do it ledg legislativey
that is what we will do. people understand the center of space exploration is at the johnson space center in houston, texas. it has been for almost 50 years. it is a historical snub, if you will, to take the shuttle and put it some where else. astronauts live here, their families live here. several generations of people who came from all over the united states to start the nasa program live in houston, texas, so we want the shuttle to be where it should be and that is in houston, texas, at the space center. shannon: if the legislation isn t successful would you consider a lawsuit? we are open to everything. and convincing nasa to do the right thing administratively, ledge slaytively, we may even sue to get it back, yes. we are keeping all of our options open because it is the right thing to do to put the shuttle in the home of the