Richard Shelby actually said...

In the area of getting into non-discretionary funding, nearly 5 percent of NASA's budget proposal is comprised of funding gimmicks, I believe, which are contingent upon tax increases and other legislation that is yet or maybe will never be enacted by Congress.

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Senator Shelby criticizes NASA's budget reliance on uncertain funding sources.

03/09/2016

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