Mark Warner actually said...

We also asked the President for the safe completion of the current Space Shuttle manifest even if it has to be flown into next year.

We will be, for the first time in nearly 50 years, for a period of years unable to go into low-Earth orbit.

Exploration drives technology innovation, not the reverse.

If we fail to act now, the President and this Administration will be remembered for killing America's leadership in space exploration.