Bill Nelson actually said...

"The United States should never have to buy tickets to space."

"It's extraordinarily critical that we keep the ISS going as long as it's technically feasible because it has political implications and it has commercial implications, as well, for us."

"I called for a long-term strategy to break this energy dependence from Russia."

"The global recognition of the power of American-style open markets is perhaps the single most enduring result of the end of the Cold War."