Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, 50 years ago, America achieved the greatest technological accomplishment in human history. Three men, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, set off from Cape Canaveral on a voyage that President Kennedy called ``the most hazardous, and dangerous, and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked.'' Four days into their 8-day mission, Neil and Buzz climbed down the ladder of the lunar module and stood on the surface of the Moon; the very first human presence on a celestial body other than Earth; a feat that, to this day, no other country has equaled. And we did it five more times. Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin could not have accomplished this alone. Apollo 11 was the culmination of the hard work of more than 400,000 Americans who, with limited experience, and comparatively primitive technology, committed themselves to accomplish this task and completing President Kennedy's order of returning the astronauts safely home. I am so proud to represent Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and the historic Mission Control of that Apollo era.…”