Sherwood Boehlert
Sherwood Boehlert
Sherwood "Sherry" Louis Boehlertis a retired American politician from New York. He represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007. Boehlert, a Republican, was considered to be a member of the party's moderate wing. He served as Chairman of the Science Committee from 2001 to 2006...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 September 1936
CountryUnited States of America
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We need to put together a full picture of the actual risks and costs of the space shuttle before deciding whether and how the program should be run.
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The decisions we make in the next few months will affect the future of the space program for decades to come, ... They need to be made deliberately. That's the proper way to honor the memories of the Columbia crew.
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You're denying resources to programs that serve the middle class and neediest of the needy on the eve of a projected vote to provide tax benefits and breaks to the most advantaged in our society.
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This budget is bad for space science, worse for earth science, perhaps worse still for aeronautics. It basically cuts or de-emphasizes every forward looking, truly futuristic program of the agency to fund operational and development programs to enable us to do what we are already doing or have done before.
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We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as possible, and we need to develop new technologies that can further help address our addiction to oil in the future.
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Without a doubt, the biggest beneficiaries of this bill will be the American consumers. They are sick and tired of paying skyrocketing prices for gasoline. They want relief,
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We are extremely pleased that the President has nominated Mike Griffin to be NASA Administrator ... Dr. Griffin has long been a resource to the Science Committee, both as a public witness and in providing private counsel. He has broad expertise, knows NASA inside and out, and is an imaginative and creative thinker and leader. He is also known for his candor and directness. We look very forward to working with Dr. Griffin at this critical time for NASA.
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I am extremely uneasy about this budget. This budget is bad for space science, worse for Earth science and possibly worse for aeronautics.
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Perhaps worst of all, the bill still does virtually nothing to limit the nation's growing demand for oil: the core cause of price spikes.
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Sixteen Hundred Pennsylvania Avenue should follow the example of Ten Downing Street, and focus national attention on this.
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There is simply not enough money in NASA's budget to carry out all the tasks it's undertaking on the current schedule.
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There is a clear message from the election results all over the country, ... The American people, by and large as a body politic, are looking for a more centrist approach.
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The bill weakens state and federal environmental standards ... and gives a break to wealthy oil companies while doing little or nothing to affect oil prices,