Kay Hutchison actually said...

"The fact that we have the International Space Station and are able to live and work there is the primary toe-hold we have on the claim to true 'spacefaring status' as a nation."

"I will also say, while talking about the impetus that we have--Barbara Mikulski has been a champion."

"I mean, going forward, he was a little skeptical, frankly, about the direction that NASA was going."

"That is simply unacceptable. None of us like it; we all want to fix it."