"This subcommittee stands in recess until Thursday, April 29 at 10 a.m."
"But what do you think--you know, we all have these kind of now movie fantasies, the way we think the world works like the movies or now like video games."
"So if, in fact, you say to these bold, innovative companies on which we are now betting the future of our astronauts going to the space station or in a low orbit there is going to be a safety standard..."
"I think you get a flare here. When it comes to the space program, we have really been a bipartisan group."
"We just don't want to be spending money. We also want to be able to get results for our science."
"What is your plan for the contractors who will be forced to terminate your work if this proposal is accepted?"
"We need a destination. NASA has been a mission-driven agency since its creation."
"It is time to retire the space shuttle, and the President provides for that at the end of calendar 2010."
"We cannot reinvent NASA every 4 years. Every new President can't have a new NASA agenda."
"First of all, no matter what we do, my No. 1 priority is astronaut safety."
"When she said it, actually, I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, she is so right.'"