Richard Shelby actually said...

"What NASA and this administration have failed to disclose to the U.S. taxpayer is that NASA has no verifiable data to support their claim."

"If this proposal is the best that we can do as a Nation, then we do not deserve, I believe, the rich heritage of human space flight."

"The President's plan only ensures that for decades to come, the United States will be both subservient to and reliant on other countries for our access to space."

"The President's budget proposes to reward those failed commercial providers with an additional bailout."