Bill Nelson actually said...

"The Russians are our partners on the ISS, and we thank them for their safe delivery and return of NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn."

"And so right now the cost for a tourist to go in one of these up to the edge of space where they can see the curvature of the Earth, a couple of minutes of zero-G and then return, the cost is what? A ..."

"The Office of Commercial Space Transportation in the Department of Transportation understands that they should never get into these stovepipes that are so typical in government."

"We cannot reach this goal without the likes of the private and civil investments."