Richard Shelby actually said...

"Certainty is important."

"I think we're going to keep bipartisan support. I'm going to give all I can, I believe the Senator from New Hampshire will, too, just like Senator Mikulski and I did work together."

"We don't need to cut this budget, we need to increase it because so many [off microphone] we can all benefit [off microphone]."

"But NASA for years has been on the cutting edge and has to maintain a cutting edge of science, and we all benefit from that."