we will continue working on a bipartisan basis to ensure NASA receives the full, sustained funding it needs to lead the world in discovery and exploration.
Will continue working on a bipartisan basis to ensure NASA receives the full, sustained funding it needs to lead the world in discovery and exploration.
Occurrences
we will continue working on a bipartisan basis to ensure NASA receives the full, sustained funding it needs to lead the world in discovery and exploration
We will continue working on a bipartisan basis to ensure NASA receives the full, sustained funding it needs to lead the world in discovery and exploration.
Evidence
Rep. Judy Chu and Don Bacon said they "will continue working on a bipartisan basis to ensure NASA receives the full, sustained funding it needs to lead the world in discovery and exploration," while responding to the FY27 request that proposed cutting NASA’s overall budget by 23% and NASA Science by 47%.
Public Law 119-74 enacted FY2026 NASA appropriations, including $7.25 billion for Science, $935 million for Aeronautics, $920.5 million for Space Technology, $7.783 billion for Exploration, $4.175 billion for Space Operations, $143 million for STEM Engagement, $3.0 billion for Safety, Security and Mission Services, and $185.336 million for Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration.
Assessments
Chu publicly and repeatedly advocated for NASA funding, and Congress enacted FY2026 NASA appropriations during her term, which is a concrete bipartisan funding result. But the promise was broader than one appropriation: it aimed at full, sustained NASA funding, and the record here does not show that long-term level of funding was secured, so this is partial rather than fully delivered.