Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"the budget also brings Federal partnerships to connect historically isolated people and neighborhoods to local, regional, and national economies"

"We would be also cutting back on what I think is an important part of our economic efforts to create jobs."

"They also have to be compensated and that has to be recognized."

"the expectation and the outcome should, first and foremost, be employment, and that should be the first consideration in the design of the systems."