Bill Nelson actually said...

"We would strongly recommend that a transition plan be created that is committed to a continuous presence in low Earth orbit for persistent microgravity platforms."

"The Nation marshaled the resources and met that goal."

"It's a dual course of the commercial as well as NASA and then getting out of low Earth orbit and going to explore the heavens."

"There had to be a little prayer session, and we had to drag them to the altar to have that prayer session."