Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"I was at a community fair, and there was something that someone gave me a little plastic shopping bag with the name of an agency, not a Federal agency head, and said, 'Here, enjoy it. You paid for it...."

"We are really proud of law enforcement because they knew where to go."

"I am not asking that. I am asking about the law and the fact that every report that has been issued says the law is now either gray, dated, or nonexistent on this."

"It is not whether you are for big government or small government, but are you for smart government?"