Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"Do you feel that you have enough resources to be dealing with this magnitude of caseload and also with the fact that this is now involved with international activity?"

"It is clear that the administration, and more specifically you, Mr. Administrator, do not believe that American leadership in human space flight is a priority worth fighting for."

"If this proposal is the best that we can do as a Nation, then we do not deserve, I believe, the rich heritage of human space flight."

"It is time to retire the space shuttle, and the President provides for that at the end of calendar 2010."