Bill Nelson actually said...

"How can anyone believe it makes sense to follow this plan for purely budgetary reasons--when we have just spent close to a trillion dollars on short-term relief?"

"If Project Constellation is cancelled, our Nation will not, in the near-future, be able to travel beyond low-Earth orbit."

"My No. 1 priority is astronaut safety. We must have a reliable transportation system to protect our astronauts during launch, mission execution, and reentry."

"To abandon Ares I as a baseline vehicle for an alternative without demonstrated capability nor proven superiority, or even equivalence, is unwise and probably not cost-effective."