Marco Rubio actually said...

"The proposed cuts to Navy platforms in the President's budget request are alarming."

"the issue that hangs over the space program is the fact that at a time of growing national debt and fiscal constraints, we are trying to figure out a way to keep our leadership in space, but do so wit..."

"Everything we discuss at today's hearing, whether it's commercial space activities or going to Mars, is all tied to, and affected by, our national debt."

"Because the bottom line is that our Nation faces a debt crisis in the near future because, quite frankly, politicians in both parties have spent recklessly for many decades and been unwilling to refor..."