Edward Markey actually said...

"Do you agree that the Technology Directorate does invaluable basic research in advancement areas other than human space exploration?"

"The past in Boston is never in the past. The past is always today as well."

"the growth of our science in education will be enriched by new knowledge of our universe and environment by new techniques of learning and mapping and observation."

"The President's budget request proposed to merge the Space Technology Mission Directorate into the Human Exploration Directorate."