Political Quotes

“In supporting this resolution, each of us expresses our deepest condolences to the families of our seven explorers, our seven astronauts, who lost their life this past Saturday. Each of us feels a connection to this tragedy. Mr. Speaker, I have the honor of representing Annapolis, where the Naval Academy is located. Commander McCool graduated from the Naval Academy. The Naval Academy family misses their comrade. This morning I was with a health care group talking about health care issues. The Columbia mission was life sciences trying to find the answers to dread diseases here in the United States. Each of us was affected by this tragedy. Six Americans, one Israeli lost their lives. America and Israel share in the loss of our heroes. In their honor, in their memory, we will continue our commitment to space and our commitment to understand what went wrong with the Columbia so that we can continue space travel for the benefit of future generations.”