Dana Rohrabacher actually said...

"Any type of thing we do to give us some notice or try to knock an asteroid out of the path because we got enough, we have enough warning, would certainly be worth any investment we could make."

"And I've never talked to a scientist who said, oh, no, we're never going to have a big asteroid hit the world, not one."

"We have to cope with the fact that we're trying to find intelligent life here in Washington, DC. right now so--especially on budget issues."

"We need to make sure we change that reality. That should be one of our primary goals is that the earth isn't going to be destroyed, for Pete's sakes."