Mark Warner actually said...

"I do not believe that this would be in our best interests."

"I want one of you to tell me how NASA's human spaceflight programs advance the agency's overall mission today and in the future."

"I have yet to find a person in NASA, the Defense Department, the Air Force, the National Academies, industry, or academia that had any knowledge of the plan prior to its announcement."

"We need its scientific minds to be involved in solving today's and tomorrow's challenges in energy, medical research, robotics."