Barbara Mikulski actually said...

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

"We would be also cutting back on what I think is an important part of our economic efforts to create jobs."

"the expectation and the outcome should, first and foremost, be employment, and that should be the first consideration in the design of the systems."

"We have so many issues that we now see as directly related to our national security that would be severely impacted."