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That’s perhaps the best description of this morning’s confirmation hearing for Michael Griffin. The hearing lasted over an hour, but Griffin’s hearing was held in parallel with that for Joseph Boardman, the nominee to run the Federal Railway Administration; Griffin probably got a majority of the attention, but not an overwhelming amount. There were plenty […] Michael Griffin is expected to lead off a Senate confirmation hearing this morning; he has to share the hearing with several other non-NASA nominees, and according to reports the committee will spend no more than about an hour with Griffin before moving on to the others. As Florida Today reports, the hearing is part formality—there’s […] While Tom DeLay doesn’t have an official role in the confirmation of Michael Griffin as the next NASA Administrator, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison—chair of the Senate Commerce Committee’s space subcommittee—certainly does. On Monday her office issued a terse press release endorsing Griffin’s selection. “I have spoken with Dr. Griffin about working together to reauthorize NASA […] While House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) won’t have a direct role in the confirmation of NASA administrator nominee Michael Griffin, he has given Griffin his seal of approval. In a meeting late last week on Capitol Hill, DeLay and Griffin discussed NASA legislative strategy as well as “the importance of reaching out to the […] The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee has scheduled the confirmation hearing for Michael Griffin, the president’s nominee to be the next NASA administrator. The hearing is scheduled for 10 am on Tuesday, April 12, in the committee’s regular hearing location, Russell 253. The timing of the hearing is interesting, coming on the anniversaries of […] On Friday Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) appeared on a talk show on a Cleveland PBS station to discuss a variety of issues, including potential job cuts or even the closure of the NASA Glenn Research Center. (The official site of the show doesn’t have a transcript, but one is available here, oddly enough, at a […] An AP article Monday discusses the influence two members of Congress from Alabama, Sen. Richard Shelby (R) and Rep. Bud Cramer (D), have on the NASA budget process. Shelby chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, and Science subcommittee, which oversees NASA, while Cramer serves on respective subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Most of […] In an op-ed in Monday’s Hampton Roads Daily Press, Rep. Jo Ann David (R-VA) goes to bat for aeronautics programs at NASA Langley. She argues that these aeronautics programs are more important to the nation’s economy and security than the Vision for Space Exploration: “Aeronautics funding is a matter of national security, and last time […] Could Congress force NASA to repair the Hubble Space Telescope? That’s the suggestion of an article on the New Scientist web site Tuesday, which notes that the House Science Committee “could introduce legislation to force a rescue mission – using either robots or astronauts.” The committee is apparently considering such a move, depending on the […] Two Republican members of the US Senate have spoken out recently to defend NASA centers in their states that could be subject to cutbacks or (as some fear) closing. Tuesday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) acknowledged that this year’s budget battle for NASA Glenn “is going to be a tougher fight.” […] |
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