Richard Shelby actually said...

"The proposed budget has welcome increases in the areas of science and exploration, and maintains aeronautics funding at an acceptable level."

"Without truly supporting and building upon the human and heavy-lift launch capabilities that are already under development, our astronauts will have no choice but to wave at the Russians, perhaps the ..."

"A fictional space program will always be faster, better, and cheaper than a real space program, but it won't be one."

"This would provide--but it doesn't begin to provide enough for NASA to do all of the critical missions it has been asked to do."