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Federal Home The California delegation, with its 55 members, is the largest delegation in Congress. One member of the California delegation, Nancy Pelosi, leads the Congressional Democrats. And six members of the California delegation lead important Congressional committees, including Ways and Means, Armed Services, Judiciary, Rules, International Relations, Resources, and Small Business. An additional 17 members of the delegation serve as chairmen and/or ranking minority members of subcommittees, including defense appropriations, space, and infrastructure and border security. The members of the California delegation represent diverse points of views which are reflected in the actions they take both individually and collectively.
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Date Posted Subject

August 6, 2008

 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Visits NASA Ames
July 21, 2008 California Governor Praises NASA's 'Superstar' in Fire Effort
July 17, 2008 Space Coalition Formed to Educate Presidential Candidates
July 14, 2008 Diane Murphy Joins SpaceX as Vice President of Marketing and Communications
July 9, 2008
July 1, 2008 Senate Committee Approves $20.21 Billion NASA Authorization for Fiscal 2009 Including $1 Billion Extra To Masten Orion-Ares
June 23, 2008 NASA Issues Biomedical Contract Awards to Three California Universities
June 11, 2008

Lt. Governor Garamendi June 2, 2008 letters of support for HR 4246, the "Defense Trade Controls Performance Improvement Act of 2007", to:
June 4, 2008 Photos from Congressman Kevin McCarthy March 25, 2008 Visit to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
May 28, 2008 NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale's Blog: California Outreach
May 19, 2008 Congress Introduces NASA Authorization Bill, HR 6063
May 5, 2008 CEO Letter on Request for Increased NASA Funding
May 5, 2008 Bipartisan Coalition Seeks $2B More for NASA Programs
April 15, 2008 California Space Week Washington DC 2008 Point Papers
March 12, 2008 Lt. Governor Garamendi Issues Statement on Export Controls (PDF)
Statement (PDF) ITAR Resolution (PDF)
February 20, 2008 NASA Administrator Michael Griffin Testifies Before the Committee on Science and Technology Re: FY 2009 Budget Request for NASA (PDF)
February 4, 2008 President Submits FY 2009 Budget Request for NASA (PDF, 372 kb)
January 28, 2008
January 22, 2008
December 26, 2007 Boeing To Build NASA's Newest Tracking and Data Relay Satellites
December 18, 2007 California Delegation Urges Air Force to Consider Beale AFB as Home of Cyber Command (PDF)
December 12, 2007 Rep. Brad Sherman (D, CA) introduced legislation that would mitigate and/or eliminate unintended consequences of current ITAR laws, regulations, and policies that adversely affect industry and academia. The legislation (H.R. 4246) was introduced on November 15 and has three original co-sponsors. A copy of the bill can be found online at http://thomas.loc.gov.
December 11, 2007
December 10, 2007 Reps. Calvert and Jones Introduce Legislation to Provide for NASA Sponsorship Opportunities
November 20, 2007 Federal and State Legislative Staffers Tour Space Enterprise Facilities During Transforming Space 2007 Conference (photo)
November 19, 2007
October 18, 2007 NASA To Open New Competition for Space Transportation Seed Money
October 1, 2007
October 1, 2007 Chris Hoeber, Janice Dunn and Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie Discuss Export Control Issues
August 1, 2007 Rep. Calvert Introduces Legislation to Add Neil Armstrong's Name to NASA Center
July 2, 2007 Hilton LAX Hotel Workers Send Thanks to CSA
June 28, 2007 SOFIA Debuts at NASA Dryden
May 29, 2007
October 21, 2006 Plan Afoot to Rename NASA Dryden After Neil Armstrong
April 23, 2007
April 17, 2007 Rep. Calvert to Introduce Legislation in Support of NASA Prizes (PDF)
January 24, 2007 National Strategy and the Civil Space Program, by Michael D. Griffin, Administrator, NASA (PDF)
October 21, 2006 Executive Order (National Aeronautics Research and Development Policy) is Signed Out December 20th. See http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061220-7.html
January 24, 2007 Committee on Science and Technology News
October 21, 2006 President Bush Signs Executive Order Establishing National Aeronautics Research & Development Policy
December 11, 2006 Gordon Chosen to Lead House Science Committee
October 5, 2006 Reid Announces Democratic Leadership for the 110th Congress
October 11, 2006 NASA Selects New Education Assistant Administrator
October 10, 2006 Air Force Association (AFA) Conference 2006 Transcripts posted here
October 5, 2006 Boehlert and Calvert Congratulate Nobel Winners
August 16, 2006 West Coast Competitiveness Summit, held August 11, 2006 at the San Diego Air & Space Museum
June 15, 2006 SEA Requests Increased Funding for NASA at 2006 June Capitol Hill Space Blitz
May 8, 2006 Congresswoman Matsui Named to House Science Committee
April 6, 2006 California Space Week Washington DC 2006
February 14, 2006 Space Exploration Alliance Concludes Successful Budget Week Citizen Action Blitz (PDF, 68 kb)
February 7, 2006 NASA's FY 2007 Budget Request Demonstrates the President's Continued Commitment to the Vision for Space Exploration (cont'd):
February 6, 2006 NASA's FY 2007 Budget Request Demonstrates the President's Continued Commitment to the Vision for Space Exploration:
January 9, 2006
October 7, 2005 32 Members Sign CA Delegation Letter to Mike Griffin re. CEV (PDF, 532 kb)
October 5, 2005 CSA Deputy Director Janice Dunn Honored
September 29, 2005
September 7, 2005 Rep. Calvert Introduces Resolution Honoring the Crew of the Discovery Space Shuttle
August 17, 2005 Bush Nominates Navy, Air Force Secretaries
August 5, 2005 Letter from Sega and Griffin to Marburger (Dir., Office of Science and Technology Policy) re: DoD and NASA (PDF, 84 kb)
June 23, 2005 United States Space Policy: Challenges and Opportunities, (PDF, 384 kb)
June 9, 2005 ASA Passes Resolution Supporting Increased Funding for NASA Aeronautics
June 8, 2005 House Appropriations Committee Marks Up NASA Budget for FY06
May 19, 2005 Schools, Businesses Can Do More to Strengthen American Competitiveness in Math & Science, Witnesses Tell Congress May 19, 2005 (PDF)
May 9, 2005 Mikulski and Griffin Congratulate Janice Dunn
May 13, 2005 California's Space Infrastructure Protected; Space-based Installations Stand to Win (includes link to BRAC 2005 list by State)
May 11, 2005 67 Members of Congress Sign Letter Supporting Full NASA Funding (This is a large PDF file: 7.8 MB)
ltext">Note: 13 of the 67 members who signed the letter are from California.
March 25, 2005 Rep. Calvert Speaks at Hall of States
March 21, 2005 Aerospace States Association/National Lieutenant Governors Association
March 11, 2005 President Bush Intends to Nominate of Michael D. Griffin as Administrator of NASA
February 1, 2005 Rep. Ken Calvert of California Selected as Chair of Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee
J-anuary 6, 2005 U.S. Space Transportation Fact Sheet (PDF, 44 kb)
November 4, 2004 Downey Center Designated as "Columbia memorial Space Science Learning Center" by Congress
September 27, 2004 "The Vision for Space Exploration: An Update from the Coalition for Space Exploration", PDF
September 8, 2004 "Don't Cut NASA's Budget", by Thomas J. Donohue, PDF
June 16, 2004
June 15, 2004
January 21, 2004 Schwarzenegger Appoints Stacy Carlson Director of D.C. Office, (Jan. 21, 2004)
CSA Joins the California Institute

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