Ed Markey actually said...

"I think it can be readily supplemented with public-private partnerships to allow us to sustain a permanent presence in space."

"I don't see that and I don't welcome that."

"NASA and all the partners on the International Space Station have done a tremendous job of looking at, 'How do you utilize a station?'"

"So for me, that's a model that may work in space as we move further out, with the government providing the infrastructure and the private sector selling the tickets."