Bill Nelson: “You have been a wonderful Senator. You have been a wonderful patriot.”

I assure you NASA is and will be if, I am around, not only bipartisan, but nonpartisan, and it will continue that way.

You and I in this committee have a different approach to what is happening to the earth's climate.

One of the reasons you and I were able to accomplish so much on this committee is both of us worked very hard to keep politics out of NASA and to focus on the core mission of exploration.

We do everything that we can to partner with not only commercial industry but also universities and other academic institutions.