Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"I'm deeply troubled about where we are on the cuts to Social Security, the contemptuous attack on Social Security as a benefit."

"the budget also brings Federal partnerships to connect historically isolated people and neighborhoods to local, regional, and national economies"

"HOPE VI restored the most severely distressed public housing across America and did so while leveraging double the Government investment in additional private development capital."

"They also have to be compensated and that has to be recognized."