Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"dump it and deal with it."

"We're facing a joint committee report. If the joint committee fails to act, or we fail to adopt the joint committee recommendation, we will go to a sequester."

"I think what we need is to value our civil servants, and let them know they can count on us."

"I want you and the people who work at the FDA... to know how proud we are of the job they do every day."