Bill Nelson actually said...

"NASA's budget is way too low to do the things that we talked about doing here this afternoon."

"The goal is to go to Mars. The goal is to get NASA beyond low Earth orbit."

"The United States does not currently recognize outer space as "global commons" for purposes of international law."

"I think it was very important for the U.S. to move first on that. We are, I think, the indispensable nation in that regard."