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“You're seeing a shift. The American people are growing weary of this war and what's happening.”
“Let’s be clear, if you’re a single mom, you cannot compete with Wall Street. They will outbid you every time, and so this is about fairness.”
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On the recordMarch 17, 2010
Mr. Gass, what would happen if the Congress decided, since the Congress controls the purse strings, that we wanted to take the $6 billion projected by the President over the next 5 years, and use that, not for human certification of the commercial vehicles, but, instead, to accelerate the R&D for a heavy-lift vehicle for the Mars program?
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida
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Senator Nelson raises concerns about budget allocation for Mars R&D.

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