Richard Shelby actually said...

"I don't believe the administration fully understands the drastic impact this decision will have on our national security."

"At the current time, for NASA to put its employees, its astronauts onboard something as potentially hazardous as a rocket ship, they are going to have to have a robust program to check its safety."

"Don't you have to basically take the Iranian threat as real, as dangerous to this country?"

"A lot of us are concerned with aspects of the new START Treaty and its potential to limit the U.S.'s options to deploy missile interceptors."