One Politician's "Essential program" is the Other Guy's PORK

THIS JUST IN FROM NASA:

"Tuesday afternoon, Portman visited Plum Brook Station, a remote test facility for the NASA Glenn Research Center in Sandusky, Ohio. Portman, who fought successfully to secure full funding for the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, last visited the Plum Brook Station in July of 2016. This was his fifth visit on his five-day military facility tour. He released the following statement:

'Plum Brook houses world-class test facilities here in Sandusky, where they conduct critical and innovative ground tests for the international space community,' Portman said. 'Glenn Research Center and Plum Brook Station have an economic impact of more than $1.1 billion in Northeast Ohio, and the work they are doing is crucial to NASA’s larger mission. Plum Brook provides the most advanced testing in the world for future space exploration and partners with the European Space Agency to develop rockets for long range space exploration. I will continue to fight, as I have successfully in the past, to ensure these vital programs receive the full funding they need to carry out their mission'.”