05/05/2015
https://www.congress.gov...
"Unless we make every effort to close the gap in U.S. human spaceflight, we will have no choice but to face the reality that we will be totally dependent on Russia for access to space."
"I think, prematurely stop the Constellation Program and not move forward very firmly on keeping the Space Station... is not good, common sense."
"Relying on Russia to fill the gap is equally, in my opinion, unreliable and unsupportable."
"Thank you, Colonel."