David Vitter actually said...

"Assured access to space is not cheap and the cost is trending up."

"why the reduction?"

"a European registration evaluation authorization of chemical substances, a REACH-style program, I think would likely kill innovation in the U.S. and is a real recipe for ham stringing small and medium..."

"assuming REACH is the wave of the future is entirely premature and could actually impair human safety by preventing critical products, helpful products in terms of safety from entering the marketplace..."