Steven Palazzo actually said...

We cannot change our program of record every time there is a new President.

It has often been said that space exploration is a 'go as we can afford to pay' endeavor.

We have, I think, an opportunity to serve our long-term national security and geopolitical interests with a program of space exploration.

Civil space cooperation is not something done just for fun or even just only for inspiration, as important as that is.