Richard Shelby actually said...

"I'm very concerned that NASA seems to be abandoning its plan to abide by the Federal acquisition regulations (FAR) in the commercial crew program"

"When is this administration going to get the message that the Congress, I believe, is not willing to subsidize so-called commercial vendors at the expense of NASA's core mission?"

"This administration, I believe, seems to think that NASA's job is to use taxpayer money as venture capital to support speculative commercial companies."

"I believe that the core mission of NASA is to build cutting-edge systems that will allow us to expand our knowledge of the universe."