Bill Nelson actually said...

"This budget carries forward the decision to retire the Shuttle fleet by the end of this year."

"Well, I found some additional money that you can use, General Bolden."

"I don't think we would have ever gotten there with the Constellation program set up and funded the way it was."

"I believe that investing billions of dollars in technology development, as this budget proposes, without any clear vision, mission, or target date for achieving them is counterproductive."