06/24/2009
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"Economic costs will likely be on the order of 1 percent of GDP, making them equal in scale to all existing environmental regulation."
"What happens in space doesn't stay in space."
"I doubt whether very many of them--or many of us in the Congress--could provide a detailed answer to the question of why they feel it is important."
"But, if you say, 'Who has the mandate in this?' it's probably the President's science advisor and the national security advisor."