"two-thirds of NOAA's budget is paid to NASA"
"I want to see it."
"2024 is the goal. Space is hard."
"Several years ago when Ted Cruz and I were leading the Space Subcommittee of the Commerce Committee, we proposed that the date of 2024 be extended to 2030 for exactly the reasons that you just articul..."
"Absolutely. I go back in my history, I have already recounted for the subcommittee that the first real breakthrough on astronauts in diversifying was the class of 1978."
"This is very important to the President. It is very important to me."
"I am requesting that right now, and suggesting that a way to do that is the jobs bill."
"The reason we want to use the Moon in preparation to go to Mars, is that the Moon is 3 days away, and Mars is months and months away."
"What it is going to show us is: What did it look like? What was the composition at the very formation of the first galaxies?"
"It is going to be revolutionary what we find out about astrophysics and astronomy."
"As a matter of fact, Senator, your bridge is number one on the list and, absolutely."