Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"In your quest to be the very best and to improve the methodologies of quality, was the government of any help to you?"

"I know my time is up, but to my colleagues, Senator Harkin and Enzi, and others, if you live in Baltimore, you have Hopkins, you have University of Maryland."

"While you got high tech and high touch, you didn't get a lot of information when you were ready to leave about what you needed to do to comply with the medical regime."

"I think it is a national waste that we don't have this man confirmed."