Clarence William Nelson II is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson served as a United States senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1972 to 1978 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991. In January 1986,Nelson became the second sitting member of United States Congress to fly in space,after Senator Jake Garn,when he served as a payload specialist on mission STS-61-C aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Before entering politics he served in the United States Army Reserve during the Vietnam War.
Patrick Joseph Kennedy II is an American retired politician and mental health advocate. From 1995 to 2011,he served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 1st congressional district,and was the first Generation X member of congress when he took office in 1995. He is a former member of the Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission and a co-founder of One Mind,a mental health nonprofit.
Lisa Ann Murkowski is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alaska,having held the seat since 2002. She is the first woman to represent Alaska in the Senate and the Senate's second-most senior Republican woman,after Susan Collins of Maine. She became dean of Alaska's congressional delegation upon Representative Don Young's death.
John Nichols Boozman is an American politician and former optometrist serving as the senior United States senator from Arkansas,a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party,he was the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 3rd congressional district from 2001 to 2011. He is the dean of Arkansas's congressional delegation.
Gerald Wesley Moran is an American politician and former lawyer who is the senior United States senator from Kansas,a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party,he was chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 113th U.S. Congress,during which he led successful Republican efforts in the 2014 election,producing the first Republican Senate majority since 2006. Previously,he was a member of the United States House of Representatives,representing Kansas's 1st congressional district.
The 108th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives from January 3,2003,to January 3,2005,during the third and fourth years of George W. Bush's presidency.
The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate.
Sean Charles O'Keefe is a university professor at Syracuse University Maxwell School,former chairman of Airbus Group,Inc.,former Secretary of the Navy,former Administrator of NASA,and former chancellor of Louisiana State University (LSU). He is a former member of the board of directors of DuPont.
Mack Francis Mattingly is an American diplomat and politician from Georgia who served as a member of the United States Senate for one term from 1981 to 1987. He was the first Republican to have served in the U.S. Senate from that state since the Reconstruction era,and was also the first Republican ever to have been elected to the United States Senate from Georgia by popular vote.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act,2005 (CAA) was an omnibus appropriation legislation consisting of eleven Divisions,enacted on December 8,2004,as H.R. 4818 by President Bush and assigned Public Law No. 108-447,during the 108th United States Congress. It approved appropriations of $388 billion for eleven departments,including "foreign operations,export financing,related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,2005,and for other purposes."
Mark Peter Begich is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as mayor of Anchorage from 2003 to 2009.
Raymond Jon Tester is an American politician and farmer serving since 2007 as the senior United States senator from Montana. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the dean of Montana's congressional delegation and the only Democrat who holds statewide office in Montana. He served in the Montana Senate from 1999 to 2007,and as its president for his last two years in the chamber.
Daniel R. Mulville is an American engineer who served briefly as Acting Administrator of NASA in 2001.
The under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere,or USC(OA),is a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Commerce and the principal advisor to the United States secretary of commerce on the environmental and scientific activities of the department. The under secretary is dual hatted as the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the Commerce Department.
Kevin Wayne Yoder is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2019. A Republican,Yoder was the Kansas State Representative for the 20th district from 2003 to 2011. In his 2018 reelection bid,he was defeated by Democrat Sharice Davids by a nine percent margin.
Daniel Scott Sullivan is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Alaska since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,Sullivan previously served as the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources from 2010 to 2013,and as the Alaska Attorney General from 2009 to 2010.
On August 9,2010,a privately operated amphibious floatplane crashed near Aleknagik,Alaska,killing five of the nine people on board. The fatalities included former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens,while the survivors included former Administrator of NASA and then-CEO of EADS North America Sean O'Keefe,his son,and future Deputy Administrator of NASA James Morhard.
Carol Ann DiBattiste is an American lawyer who served as United States Under Secretary of the Air Force from 1999 to 2001.
James Frederick Bridenstine is an American military officer and politician who served as the 13th administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Bridenstine was the United States representative for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district,based in Tulsa from January 3,2013,to April 23,2018. He is a member of the Republican Party. Bridenstine currently works in the private sector and holds positions at Voyager Space Holdings,Viasat,Acorn Growth Companies and Firefly Aerospace.
Donald A. Beattie was an American aerospace scientist and former government official who was the Acting Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Solar Applications in the United States Department of Energy from 1977 to 1978. He also served as Assistant Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration and Director of the Energy Systems Division of NASA.
