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"

"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."

"Is it not possible that the answer to your budget issues is to fund fewer vendors?"