(NEXSTAR) – Former television host Bill Nye "The Science Guy" visited Capitol Hill on Monday to advocate against President Donald Trump's budget for NASA.

He's the CEO of the Planetary Society, a non-profit space organization.

President Donald Trump's budget proposal for NASA would cut the agency's funding by 24% from FY2025 to FY2026. In FY2025, the agency received $24.8 billion in funding. The White House proposed $18.8 billion for the next fiscal year.

"NASA science is a bargain," Nye said. "For every dollar spent, at least three come back into the economy."

But the appropriations committees in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have largely left NASA's funding in place in their own budget proposals. Both plans leave NASA funding at roughly $24.8 billion for the next fisca

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