Bill Nelson actually said...

"Thank you for this unpaid service, enormous public service that you have rendered."

"Thank you for the public service that you have rendered to this country over a lifetime that you have in Government and in the private sector."

"There is only one person that can lead America's human spaceflight program, and that is the President."

"We really want to peel back the onion and get into a lot of the specifics of the extraordinary work that you have done, Mr. Augustine."