Brian Schatz actually said...

"I want it to be part of the curriculum. I want it to be part of where the rubber hits the road, which is, as you know, in the Foreign Service."

"The United States is a leader in both ground- and space-based astronomy due to six decades of sustained commitment to develop, fund, and operate cutting edge instruments."

"The environmental movement of the last generation was partly organized around stopping things. But to save the planet we are going to have to build things at unprecedented speed and scale."

"I am counting on you to help to do that."