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Joe Manchin
@joemanchin· Democratic · WV· Feb 23, 2015

There is no limit to human imagination or for the desire for exploration.

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Joe Manchin
@joemanchin· Democratic · WV· Feb 23, 2015

America should have the capability to launch a rescue mission to the Space Station should that prove necessary and without being dependent on the Russians.

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Joe Manchin
@joemanchin· Democratic · WV· Feb 23, 2015

To suggest that you are going to be able to count on the Coast Guard to establish some kind of a base there in Cold Bay to provide for Medevac service is not realistic.

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Joe Manchin
@joemanchin· Democratic · WV· Feb 23, 2015

America has always led the way in space exploration, and we need to reclaim that leadership.

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Joe Manchin
@joemanchin· Democratic · WV· Feb 23, 2015

The Commercial Crew Program is critical to restoring this capability.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Feb 23, 2015

if any future Secretary of Defense advised a President to deploy major numbers of combat troops back to the Middle East, that they should have their head examined.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Feb 23, 2015

We are daring to believe that diplomacy may be able to provide a better alternative to ridding Iran of the possibility of a nuclear weapon than war.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Feb 23, 2015

we frankly allow for our enemies to recruit more than we kill into the fight because of the presence of American troops.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Feb 23, 2015

We got, as you know, last year all the chemical weapons out of Syria.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Feb 23, 2015

The sanctions have had a profound effect. The ruble is down 50 percent.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Feb 23, 2015

We will win it. I am confident of that, providing we all make the right choices.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Feb 23, 2015

when hundreds of thousands of American troops are there, we let our allies in the region off the hook.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Feb 23, 2015

We have been leading the effort to curb Ebola.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Feb 23, 2015

Mr. President, I applaud Senator Klobuchar for her comments and for pointing out there are real threats that we heard this weekend from al-Shabaab against the Mall of America. I heard a news report this morning about that, and one of the…

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Feb 23, 2015

My colleague makes a very important point. I visited the Coast Guard station in Portsmouth, NH, on Friday and heard about their drug interdiction efforts and their search and rescue efforts. As the Senator points out, they--similar to so…

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Feb 23, 2015

Tax revenue comes from the economy and not from Congress.

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Orrin Hatch
@orrinhatch· Republican · UT· Feb 23, 2015

It is also important to note that they avoided partisan processes, like budget reconciliation, that would put the outcome at risk.

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