Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"I want to join with the Senator here, because there is confusion, and we are deeply concerned..."

"So we need that, but we need to look ahead also to what is the science today and what is the science of the future."

"I think anyone would say--and we have not taken a hard look at the results, what would be the result of a sequester, but we all know that it would be a significant cut to the NASA budget."

"We need to justify it to the taxpayer, and we need to show it in the scientific community."