Richard Shelby actually said...

The Congress explicitly provided $400 million to the exploration program in 2009 economic stimulus bill to close the gap between the Shuttle and constellation programs, as I understand it.

Context

Shelby discusses funding provided by Congress for NASA's exploration program.

05/20/2009

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