Small businesses have played a key role, supporting the expertise of civil servants to deliver on NASA’s mission for over 50 years, and we must continue building those relationships and that ecosystem
continue building NASA's partnerships with small businesses, contractors, and civil servants to support Artemis and NASA missions
Occurrences
Evidence
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The official House Appropriations member list names Dale Strong as Vice Chair of the CJS subcommittee.
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The FY2027 CJS report sustains NASA at $24.438 billion and says the bill supports Artemis, SLS, Orion, science, aeronautics, ISS, commercial LEO stations, and deorbit work.
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The report funds Exploration at $8.9256 billion and directs support for CLPS commercial providers, xEVA public-private partnerships, LTV contractors, and HLS resources and personnel.
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The committee approved the FY2027 CJS bill 32-28; the release says it maintains strong support for NASA Artemis.
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The Clerk records H.R. 1 as passed on motion to concur in the Senate amendment, and Strong voted Aye.
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Space.com reported a NASA OIG audit finding $5.9 billion spent on Artemis hardware contracts later canceled after mission changes.
Assessments
Strong had a relevant federal role as vice chair of the House CJS appropriations subcommittee and materially advanced NASA/Artemis funding language supporting commercial providers, contractors, public-private partnerships, and NASA personnel. He also voted for enacted 2025 legislation later cited as providing additional SLS support. However, the strongest Artemis partnership evidence is from FY2027 appropriations materials that had advanced in committee but were not enacted by July 10, 2026, and the broader Artemis contracting architecture still showed unresolved setbacks. This supports meaningful same-term progress and effort, but not full delivery of the promised outcome.