Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"For example, should we pass immigration reform, which I hope we will?"

"I am confident that Thomas Perez is up to this challenge."

"I thought we could get DOD, bring Social Security and IRS in. And I'd really love for Appropriations to be the committee that cracks the code on the VA backlog."

"I thought I would convene a roundtable of the four agencies that have to serve our veterans, and actually get Hagel in the room with Shinseki."