Bill Nelson: “I wish to say thank you to my colleagues. I am so grateful. We have worked this thing pretty hard. It is right that NASA…”

“I wish to say thank you to my colleagues. I am so grateful. We have worked this thing pretty hard. It is right that NASA be given some of these funds they had to expend on an emergency basis for the recovery to flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. I want the chairman and the ranking member to know how profoundly grateful I am for their leadership in making this happen. Now we have the challenge of going to the conference committee to make it stick. I am so grateful for your leadership. Thank you, Mr. President.”