Richard Shelby actually said...

"When will you be--begin to require NOAA to use transparent surveys and real, verifiable, independent data before assessing the health of a fish stock in the gulf?"

"You've got to fix it, you've got to change it, you need a divorce; otherwise, you scrap the whole program."

"the taxpayer gets two satellites with only five instruments for $12 billion and a launch date delayed until 2016."

"The administration has created a National Export Initiative to meet the President's goal of doubling exports in 5 years, which we all support."