Sent_en: 2zh In a statement during his April 12, 2005, confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, Griffin said, "In the twenty-first century and beyond, for America to continue to be preeminent among nations, it is necessary for us also to be the preeminent spacefaring nation," with a spirit of discovery similar to the exploration of the New World by Columbus with the support of the Spanish crown.
Sent_yy: 在2005年4月12日举行的参院商务委员会听证会上，他发表声明说：“在二十一世纪以后，美国要想在各个国家中保持出类拔萃的地位，就必须成为一个出类拔萃的太空大国”，发挥哥伦布在西班牙王室支持下探索新世界的那种发现主义精神。