Remember, we had three very rude visitors this year: Katrina, Rita and Wilma, ... That has disrupted the lives of senior citizens in the Southeastern United States considerably.

that will ensure that the Congress and the people get an honest budget request.

There has been an ignoring and a starving of NASA for funds by the administration, and this isn't a partisan comment ... It goes back to the previous administration. They have delayed as a result of that the safety upgrades to the space shuttle.

We proposed this when I was insurance commissioner, but you couldn't get the Alabama Legislature and the governor to pay any attention. Same with Mississippi, same with Texas and Louisiana,

The first year after [President John] Kennedy announced the Apollo program, the NASA budget was doubled,

I think the deciding factor is going to be the savings to the American taxpayer,