Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"We have now been called upon to accept $78 billion worth of cuts from the President's 2011 request, $39 billion below the 2010 level."

"I think the entire subcommittee, and really the entire Senate, really wishes them, through you, Godspeed."

"I don't want to be foolish. So, let me tell you what I worry about in being foolish: that, because we skimp now, we then end up paying two or three times later."

"We cannot sustain technology with repeated cost overruns."