Mark Warner

It seems to me--and I think your example earlier was dead on--that when the developer says it is easier to go do that greenfield site, to develop that commercial shopping center--let us take that example--the cost equation that goes into…

I believe in the concept and, you know, I am very interested in learning more about this legislation and commend the Chairman and those who have been cosponsors already.

It has come to my attention that the normal rivalry between the House and Senate pages has reached new levels. While not aware of all the facts, I know the Senate pages serve with skill and dedication. I also understand that the Senate…

I want to understand the value of human spaceflight.

I cannot support going into space as an end in and of itself.

Exploration drives technology innovation, not the reverse.

Lack of review normally guarantees there will be overlooked requirements and unwelcome consequences.

I am very concerned that the new plan, as I understand it, will prohibit us from having human access to low-Earth orbit on our own rockets and spacecraft.

I do think there are interesting opportunities to leverage off of things.

Curiosity is the essence of human existence.

I believe the President was poorly advised.

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.

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

If the leadership we have acquired through our investment is simply allowed to fade away, other nations will surely step in where we have faltered.

I unfortunately cannot take as optimistic of a view of the President's plan.

I think NASA was conceived brilliantly with the idea of simply doing something that had never been done before.

The proposal by the Administration to, what I would call, kill the Constellation program... will be, in a word, devastating.

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

We asked that he consider not the cancellation of the Constellation program, but the restructuring of it.

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

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 are going to relinquish our status as leaders and pioneers in space exploration.

American exceptionalism demands that we do better than the proposal that has been put forward that does not have the plans to implement it in a safe and secure way.

Our 50-year legacy of leadership in space is on the line, and we need to have a credible plan to make the next step forward.