>>> FOR ALMOST SIX DECADES NASA'S WORK HAS INSPIRED
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO IMAGINE DISTANT WORLD ANDS AND A
BETTER FUTURE HERE ON EARTH.
I'M DELIGHTED TO SIGN THIS BILL.
HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION, SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
WITH THIS LEGISLATION, WE SUPPORT NASA'S SCIENTISTS,
ENGINEERS, ASTRONAUTS AND THEIR PURSUIT OF DISCOVERY.
WE SUPPORT JOBS.
IT'S ABOUT JOBS ALSO.
THIS BILL CALLS FOR ONGOING MEDICAL MONITORING AND TREATMENT
FOR OUR ASTRONAUTS FOR HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT RESULT FROM
THEIR SERVICE.
IT'S A PRETTY TOUGH JOB.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
DO YOU WANT TO DO IT?
I'M NOT SURE WE WANT TO DO IT.
>> YOU CAN SEND CONGRESS TO SPACE.
>> THAT CAN BE ARRANGED.
>> THIS BILL WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S MOST EFFECTIVE AND
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS ARE SUSTAINED.
IT ORDERS NASA TO CONTINUE AND IT DOES, IT ORDERS JUST THAT, TO
CONTINUE TRANSITIONING ACTIVITIES TO THE COMMERCIAL
SECTOR WHERE WE HAVE SEEN GREAT PROGRESS.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO MANY PEOPLE AND SO MANY COMPANIES ARE SO INTO EXACTLY
WHAT NASA STANDS FOR, SO THE COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE SECTOR
WILL GET TO USE THESE FITS AND I HOPE THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING
US A LOT OF MONEY.
IT CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR THE COMMERCIAL PROGRAM WHICH WILL
CARRY ASTRONAUTS.
IT SUPPORT'S THAT SEE'S DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION, INCLUDING THE
ORIENT SPACECRAFT.
I ADVANCES SPACE SCIENCE BY MAINTAINING A BALANCED SET OF
MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES TWO EXPLORE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND THE
ENTIRE UNIVERSE.
AND IT ENSURE RESEARCH THE UNITED STATES WILL REMAIN AL A
TOTAL LEADER IN AVIATION.
THESE ASTRONAUTS ARE AMAZING.
I'VE MET SOME OF THEM.
THEY ARE VERY BRAVE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE RIGHT AT THE FOREFRONT.
SO WE SALUTE THEM WITH THIS LEGISLATION.
AND WE SALUTE THE ONES THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES DOING WHAT THEY
LOVE TO DO.
AMERICA'S SPACE PROGRAM HAS BEEN A BLESSING TO OUR PEOPLE AND TO
THE ENTIRE WORLD.
ALMOST AFTER A CENTURY AGO OUR BRAVE ASTRONAUTS PLANT THE FIRST
FLAG ON THE MOON.
NOW THIS NATION IS READY TO BE THE FIRST IN SPACE ONCE AGAIN.
TODAY WE'RE TAKING THE INITIAL STEPS TOWARD A BOLD AND BRIGHT
NEW FUTURE FOR AMERICAN SPACE FLIGHT.
I AM HONORED TO SIGN THIS NEW BILL.
THE FOLKS BEHIND ME HAVE BEEN SO INVOLVED IN IT.
THEY LOVE NASA, THEY LOVE EVERYTHING IT STANDS FOR AND
THEY LOVE THE PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE -- VERY MUCH BENEFITED BY THANKFUL SO I WANT
TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND ME.
A LOT OF JOBS AND THESE ARE GREAT JOBS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE'LL SIGN THIS.
SO WE'LL HOLD THAT UP.
A LOT OF PAGES.
LOOK AT THE PAGES IN THERE.
[APPLAUSE.]
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
PRESIDENT.
[APPLAUSE.].
>> WHO ELSE SHOULD GET THESE?
OKAY, I HAVE TWO LEFT.
MR.
PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF NASA I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENTED YOU
WITH THAT ASTRONAUT FLIGHT JACKET.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY.
>> THIS IS TERRIFIC.
THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS WE HAVE HAD A NASA AUTHORIZATION.
THIS MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO THE STATE OF THE TEXAS AND IT
CONTINUES AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP IN SPACE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> I JUST THINK I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT FLORIDA IS GOING TO DO MORE
THAN TEXAS WITH NASA.
>> IT WILL BE A GOOD COMPETITION, RIGHT, MR.
VICE PRESIDENT?
SENATOR?
>> HE'S A DEMOCRAT.
I WASN'T GOING TO GET HIM SPEAK.
HERE'S A SPECIAL MAN, I LOVE NASA.
>> HE DOES LOVE NASA.
IT PUTS US ON A DUAL TRACK.
WE HAVE THE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES GOING TO AND FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND WE HAVE NASA GOING OUT AND
EXPLORING THE HEAVENS AND WE'RE GOING TO MARS.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> MR.
PRESIDENT, AS A IF I MAY, JUST AS AMERICANS REMEMBER
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER IT HAS THE FATHER OF THE INTERNET SYSTEM.
FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL REMEMBER THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS THE FATHER
OF THE INTERPLANETARY HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
>> THAT SOUND EXCITING.
>> HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR I WOULD LIKE TO EXHALE PART OF THE
AUTHOR OF THE ACT FOR OUR ASTRONAUTS THAT STARTED IN A
MEETING WITH ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY AFTER HE GOT BACK FROM
NEARLY A YEAR IN SPACE, AND I SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
HE SAID TAKE CARE OF US.
MAKE SURE WE HANG ON TO THIS DATA SO THAT FUTURE ASTRONAUTS
ARE TREATED RIGHT AND WE KNOW WHAT TO DO AND MAKE THE PROPER
ADJUSTMENTS FOR FOLKS UP THERE AND BEYOND.
SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE.
THANK THESE ASTRONAUTS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
>> I WANT TO ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT AND ALL OF US I WANT
TO THANK THESE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE COURAGEOUS
ASTRONAUTS BUT ASSURE YO IN SHORT ORDER THE PRESIDENT WILL
BE TAKING TO LAUNCH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE COUNT ILL
E-SILL AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TOGETHER THE BEST AND
BRIGHTEST IN NASA AND ALSO UNLESS PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE HAVE LOCATED A BUILTER FOR PRESIDENT AND AS YOU SAID
AMERICA ONCE AGAIN WILL START BUILDING AND LEADING TO THE
STARS SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.