Brian Babin actually said...

"It is time for NASA to initiate constructive dialogue with the private sector to assess the viability of public-private partnerships for the provision of space-based Earth observation data to meet NAS..."

"I hope this hearing can be used to identify and determine the necessary first steps in that process."

"If we are going to ask NASA and its contractors to carry out the extremely challenging job of getting America to Mars, this Congress is going to have do its job too."

"This sounds good, but it is actually a journey to nowhere until we have that budget and we have the schedule and we have the deadlines."