Kay Hutchison actually said...

"And if you look at the designs of the commercial competition that is going on, you find that the crew is on the top of the rocket with the escape system."

"The President's request is about $2 billion under the amount this committee authorized for the agency, leaving us with some tough choices on how to preserve the balanced approach for NASA."

"I never want to miss the opportunity to point out that we have a National Laboratory on the Space Station thanks to Senator Hutchison."

"I am committed in my last year to assure that we go in the right direction, utilizing our resources wisely."