05/23/2011
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"Every time NASA lifts off, it takes the American economy with us, because it is about innovation and it is about jobs."
"We are about to see the end of our Nation's ability to launch our own astronauts into space."
"The debt ceiling is going to be Armageddon. I mean, that is the one where we have got to see reforms before the debt ceiling is raised."
"Absolutely. I think we are now down to the wire. And it is unthinkable that we would get to midnight and shut down government. We don't need to do that. There are so many consequences to it."