Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"Budgets are about values. They're about priorities."

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

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

"I would like to thank the staff of USAID, both here and those who serve abroad, for, really, what they do."