"Without truly supporting and building upon the human and heavy-lift launch capabilities that are already under development, our astronauts will have no choice but to wave at the Russians..."
"I'm really proud of NASA and what they've done in this. And they have been truly a tremendous voice to--not only scientists--but for those who have stewardships about their individual nations' futures..."
"You know, everybody dumped buckets of money into the banks because they said we need their talent."
"But the administration is counting on these 8 flights to be done by 2010."
"This is a real victory."
"We're ready to do legislation on the global climate crisis."
"And there is no contingency plan beyond that, except, 'If we get to it, we'll deal with it?'"
"I would have trouble, Madam Chairwoman, supporting a budget that is poised to eliminate a real manned space program, and instead maintains the fantasy of one."
"Senator Garn brought a measure of great civility and an enormous knowledge, and I feel that I was able to launch my career in trying to help the American Space Program because of the excellent guidanc..."
"We may be the leader in manned space flight today, but the eventual ramifications of this budget... has the potential to ensure that this lead will end, perhaps forever."
"The Senate is a wonderful institution, we've actually had three astronaut Senators--John Glenn, Jake Garn, and Bill Nelson."