Bill Nelson actually said...

"He has chosen not to continue those operations, and so that decision--and the consequences that may follow from it, are, and will always be, his responsibility."

"we will have lost the many years required to re-create the equivalent of what will be discarded."

"I think that it was significant, from a policy standpoint."

"I think the overall DOD has been taken by surprise in this NASA announcement to cancel. I have clearly let it be known my displeasure."