> In July, Cornyn and Cruz successfully added language to the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" championed by President Donald Trump, which enabled acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy to then identify Discovery for relocation. The provision also called for $85 million to be made available to transport and display the shuttle in Houston.

Every single rhetorical overtone about eliminating waste — from DOGE to legislative “fiscal responsibility” — is at best in bad faith and on average a lie.