Richard Shelby actually said...

"Asking for less invites delay, increased costs, and inefficient program management, I believe."

"The truth is that NASA's request is only $18.26 billion, a cut of $1 billion from what this subcommittee provided in the last fiscal year."

"the discretionary budget request proposes, which I mentioned in my opening statement, to cut SLS by $770 million, and Orion by $217 million."

"The simple fact, I believe, is this: that the administration prioritized funding elsewhere in the Government's budget."