Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"We spend a lot of our time keeping it focused and on line because it continually comes to us with underestimates."

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

"If anything gets screwed up, I can't pull a rabbit out of the hat. I don't have a rabbit, and I don't have a hat."

"We feel that with the JWST, we are continuing to secure America's pre-eminence in astronomy and astrophysics."