As noted here last week, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Houston-area Republican, plans to take a prominent role in supporting the Vision for Space Exploration by introducing a version of a NASA authorization bill that includes the President’s plan. DeLay is also speaking out more in support of the plan. Last week on Capitol Hill he addressed that “National Keep It Sold” advocacy group, which was spending the week in Washington visiting Congressional offices to drum up support for the plan. His remarks were strong on rhetoric but light on details. He called the plan “a vision of singular courage and clarity” that was “driving America toward a single red dot in the night sky, 50 million miles from earth.” He also discussed the opposition to the plan: “Critics question the president’s timing. They question his budget numbers, his priorities, and his public support. When they question him, ladies and gentlemen, they question us.” According to the Clear Lake (TX) Citizen, he gave a similar speech a Rotary meeting back in Texas last Friday.
