Alcee Hastings: “If there were a national security issue that needs addressing any more important, I cannot quite understand how it could…”

“If there were a national security issue that needs addressing any more important, I cannot quite understand how it could be here on the floor. This is a readiness issue and it should allow, as does Cox-Dicks, for robust, versatile and capable handling of our current demand as well as our future demand. The fact of the matter is what my colleague from Florida is proposing will add a second crew to cut the 48-hour turnaround time in half and it will result in nine additional launches in the United States that may otherwise be launched overseas. Do we want them to launch from over yonder or do we want them to launch from here?”