03/14/2016
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"This focus, Mr. Chairman, on this treaty has done a great disservice to the people of the United States."
"We're draining money off for other projects like flying off to Mars in the long run and costing us almost a billion dollars because we haven't--you know, we're not doing things responsibly."
"That by my calculation is $900 million extra that we're spending for the Russians because the Commercial Crew formula has had to be pushed off for two years."
"NASA's overall request is a good starting point for our deliberations, and I hope that Congress will at least equal that budgetary top line, if not exceed it."