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On the recordApril 24, 2013
If you're the one that's paying the bill and they're doing it, it looks to me like you should be in control of the destiny of that to a point, through the contract system.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby emphasizes the need for NASA to control contractor outcomes since taxpayers fund the projects.

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