"The problem we are running into, and I think when you move around airports you will see this, is that frequent travelers who are the people we want into this program, have gotten in to it."
"I hope that you will instill that understanding in them, that if they don't change, they are gone..."
"Public-private partnerships are going to be a creative avenue where we accomplish a lot of the goals."
"we got ourselves into this situation... when the U.S. stopped investing heavily enough in this technology"
"Before I get started, I think we all ought to take note today that this is the day of the funeral, those nine families in South Carolina. And it is a real tragedy."
"Good morning. I want to welcome everybody to our Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing on 'Assuring National Security Space: Investing in American Industry to End Reliance on the Russian Rocket Engine..."
"We want an engine to be able to get our critical missions into space in a timely fashion."
"And I would respond to the ranking member's question with last year's NDAA specific language on this."
"I appreciate all of you all."
"I am committed to ending our reliance on Russian rocket engines for national security space launch."
"But I am going to submit them to you all to get back to us for the record because it is noon, and we have worn out our welcome with you all, I am afraid."