"NASA needs complete freedom to hire and fire based on
performance; it needs to be driven by the scientists and the
engineers, and it needs to be free of politics as much as
possible."
Source: John Culberson, the incumbent US
Congressman representing the Houston, TX area. Culberson advocate
getting rid of bureaucracy and putting the scientists and engineers
back in charge of the overall vision for the space program. The
Republican's comments, made during a town hall meeting last week,
were promptly lambasted by Culberson's Democrat challenger.