Richard Shelby actually said...

"Let me repeat that. The White House adviser on science and technology policy testified that there was no real research or verification done on the viability of the administration's approach for the co..."

"This plan would destroy decades of U.S. space supremacy by pinning our hopes for success on unproven commercial companies."

"This request, I believe, abandons our Nation's only chance to remain the leader in space and instead chooses to set up a welfare program for the commercial space industry."

"Obama doesn't get it. Space is last frontier. President Obama, in effect, pulled the plug on our space program."