Senate Appropriations NASA Budget Hearing, March 2016

The Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing on NASA’s FY2017 budget request on March 10, 2016.  NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden was the witness.   This was the last NASA budget hearing for Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), who is retiring this year.  She is one of NASA’s strongest supporters in the Senate and recounted how she came to know and admire NASA.  SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on March 11, 2016.