12/01/2009
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"The Obama Administration chose the flexible path from among the options presented to it by the Human Space Flight Plans Review Committee."
"I think that the authorization bill that brought together the need for the commercial investment and the commercial opportunity, along with the use of our workforce that has the experience of so many ..."
"Implementation of the law is a priority for me, and for this Committee. We simply can't afford to get it wrong."
"We must use the opportunity for the unique research in that Space Station if we are going to reap the benefits from the investment that we have made."