I have seen it in my State of Florida recently, interestingly, in the Republican primary, meanness where the truth doesn't matter, where you can be opponents, but you don't have to be enemies, and it is there nevertheless. It is time for the people of this country to say that is enough. We are killing our own democratic institutions with the smut and dirt and untruths, and it is time to stop.
Addressing the negative tone of political campaigns during a Senate floor speech.
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One of the reasons you and I were able to accomplish so much on this committee is both of us worked very hard to keep politics out of NASA and to focus on the core mission of exploration.
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I assure you NASA is and will be if, I am around, not only bipartisan, but nonpartisan, and it will continue that way.
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