Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"I worry about if this subcommittee has to take more, we would have to go to the Justice Department, the space program, important economic development initiatives in the Department of Commerce."

"I am very concerned that unless we have additional funding, that might be something that we will have to consider."

"As we speak, the United States of America is under attack."

"We need additional funds beyond that which we have in order to do the work of keeping prisoners and keeping them off the streets."