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On the recordNovember 9, 2011
I have said over and over again that I think if President Kennedy had said we were going to bend the curve of space exploration, we never would have gotten to the moon.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse compares healthcare goals to the ambitious goals of space exploration.

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