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Richard Shelby

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Richard Shelby is a former United States Senator from Alabama, serving from January 3, 1987, until January 3, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Shelby was known for his work on various committees, including Appropriations and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Throughout his tenure, he focused on issues such as military funding, economic development, and infrastructure improvements in Alabama.

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Mar 3, 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama has lowered the ambition of America. Under the Obama plan, space is not the final frontier, Earth is.

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Mar 3, 2010

Child exploitation is a substantial priority for the FBI.

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Mar 3, 2010

You've got to fix it, you've got to change it, you need a divorce; otherwise, you scrap the whole program.

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Mar 3, 2010

I don't have any more. I think the Secretary understands my concern, and I think he shares that.

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Mar 3, 2010

Although, through the Department of Commerce, our country is able to maintain high technical standards as well as staying on the cutting edge of scientific research.

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Mar 3, 2010

the major Achilles Heel of the President's plan.

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Mar 3, 2010

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

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Mar 3, 2010

The late President John F. Kennedy must have turned over in his grave. JFK launched the Moon landing program in the 1960s because he understood that any nation that wants to remain No. 1 on Earth must also be No. 1 in space.

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Mar 3, 2010

Obama doesn't get it. Space is last frontier. President Obama, in effect, pulled the plug on our space program.

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Mar 3, 2010

This plan lacks vision, is unrealistic, and jeopardizes our entire human space exploration program.

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Mar 3, 2010

the taxpayer gets two satellites with only five instruments for $12 billion and a launch date delayed until 2016.

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Mar 3, 2010

But it is a sordid problem, is it not? And it is billions of dollars involved worldwide, is it not?

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