Mark Udall actually said...

"I am concerned that commercial space companies may lose access to launch capabilities after the last government Delta II launch at Vandenberg AFB."

"What I hear you saying is, you have outer space, you have inner space, and the two of them are definitely linked, and there are lessons that apply to both realms."

"Maybe that was a lesson to the world, as unfortunate as maybe it was, that that's not necessary in the future to show a capability."

"It took us 5 years to actually do something significant in this case."