WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Jerry Moran issued text of the following speech:
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) - chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation - today questioned the NASA Administrator nominee, Jared Isaacman, during his nomination hearing. In his remarks, Sen. Moran emphasized to Mr. Isaacman the significant role that NASA's Earth Science Division plays in supporting the agriculture industry and shared a letter from a Kansas farmer, Dwane Roth of Holcomb, on the importance of NASA's earth science research.
"I want to mention for a moment the mission directive of science, and the letter that captured me is from a Kansas farmer named Mr. Roth," said Sen. Moran. "He indicates to me that NASA's ...