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Afghanistan must prepare quickly to "take ownership of its own country" despite the United States' new commitment to a 30,000-troop surge into the region, Rep.

One of many uncertainties surrounding next February's release of the FY 2011 budget request is how much money the Obama Administration will seek for NASA's human space flight program.

Thousands of people are working together in an effort to replace every single member of Congress.

A now-dropped plan to ban the summer sale of raw oysters from regional waters would have created hardship for Texas fishermen and shrimpers who harvest oysters, lawmakers from the state said.

Two NASA allies in Congress dug in their heels Thursday and said that the agency should continue with its troubled Constellation program and not rely on global partners to access space after the shuttle is retired in 2010.

November 19, 2009- Today, the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a hearing entitled, The Growth of Global Space Capabilities: What's Happening and Why it Matters.

Texas' two Republican senators are at odds over a massive spending package that includes $18.7 billion for NASA.

In one last salvo aimed at the House Democratic plan to overhaul health care, Houston-area Republican congressmen claimed Wednesday that famed medical institutions such as the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the Texas Medical Center will suffer the brunt of a federally controlled medical system.

A Texas congressman has joined a Pearland woman's efforts to find her abducted daughter by getting the U.S. State Department involved in the14-year-old case.

Legislators protest barriers to drilling WASHINGTON - Sixty-nine lawmakers, including Reps.

When did America lose its spine? When did we become a bunch of NIMBY gutless wonders? Guantanamo Bay remains open, much to our national chagrin, and the primary reason is none of the states are willing to take the detainees.

The connections are big and they add up top a whole lot of cash. "You're talking about 18,000 direct employees - high-tech employees - high-salaried employees - that obviously spin off a good deal of other opportunities for the region.

Most members of the Texas delegation to the U.S. Congress are putting a full-court press on President Barack Obama to push for increased funding of NASA by requesting $3 billion of federal stimulus funds for the space agency.

Nearly the entire Texas Congressional delegation, including both Senators, and twenty six members of the House, Republican and Democrat, have sent a letter , drafted by Rep.

Every single Republican in the House voted against the $819 billion Recovery Act in January.

Texas' top lawmakers in Congress want President Barack Obama to pony up some of the $787 billion in economic stimulus money to rescue NASA's manned space program and ensure that astronauts one day will travel beyond the orbiting international space station.

We are pleased to welcome Rep. Pete Olson, R-Sugar Land, to the Houston Chronicle's web chat on Texas on the Potomac on Thursday at Noon CDT .

The top aide to Rep. Pete Olson who tracks NASA-related issues for the Sugar Land Republican urged supporters of manned space exploration today to help persuade Congress the effort in space is worth the investment.

Benkiser, whose title will be senior adviser, brings to the table a knowledge of all the players in the GOP-SREC members, county chairs, precinct chairs, the big fundraisers, the state party organization, the whole works.

Congressman Pete Olson, caught like a deer in the headlight s, after attempting to exploit a young child's heart condition for political gain, has a little secret of his own.