Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, the gentleman raises a good point. I am going to oppose the amendment--and I will get into it--but we will be glad to work with them to see what we could. Because I think when you have--and Mr. Fattah knows--when we have had different areas, we will be glad to meet with you and ATF to get them to do this. The budget really hasn't been cut. It is flat. I think they are $1 million off. This is the only agency that didn't get a big hit in sequestration. But the reason I oppose the amendment--and I will get to your issue at the end--is it would take a reduction from NASA's commercial crew. You have seen the stories where Putin said, and the head of their space program, their general, said: If we want to get their space station, we are going to have to use a trampoline. Funds for this program are critical to allow NASA to name the development schedule and to end our reliance on the Russians so we can get up there. Right now we pay them roughly $60 million a ticket almost to get up there. Less funding would mean fewer development testing activities being carried out, which in turn will put pressure on the overall program. So for that reason, I oppose the amendment and ask for a ``no'' vote. But I would say, let's talk after this and we can have a meeting with you and Mr.…”