Kay Hutchison actually said...

"I just believe, so much, that our goal was a balanced approach for manned spaceflight..."

"Once the shuttles are retired, we will be reduced to buying seats on Russian vehicles for the foreseeable future."

"We should not expect [the Russians] to shoulder their space program and ours, when we should be able to do it ourselves."

"I'm afraid we're falling away and falling behind in that area."