Bill Nelson actually said...

"Change can be good, but let me state unequivocally that it's the position of the Coalition that major disruptions stemming from abrupt shifts in space policy risk derailing all of the progress that's ..."

"So we're going to Mars, and the rockets and the engines and the spacecraft that are the building blocks of that mission are now being assembled and getting ready to test."

"We are going to Mars, and the rockets and engines and spacecraft that are the building blocks of that mission are being assembled and tested right now!"

"All of this goes back to when my colleague from Texas Kay Bailey Hutchison and I had the opportunity of bringing in for a landing, the new direction of NASA in the 2010 NASA Authorization."