Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"It's more like the way my heart went up during the shutdown mode."

"Well, I think this would be enormously useful to this subcommittee, Mr. Chairman, because, as you know, this is a topic--a big public-policy topic they ponder all of the time."

"I mean, I must say both the chairman and the ranking member were enormously supported to minimize the disaster, but it was not a victory."

"I'm very proud of the fact that NIH is located in the State of Maryland."