Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"I want to be sure that our best days are not behind us, and we are committed to a balanced space program."

"I think also it is a tribute to really bipartisanship, and I know really very early in my Senate career, I became the chairman of the Subcommittee on VA/HUD, of which NASA was part of."

"I think we need to be able to do that in three ways. Number one, give them respect."

"I am glad I went into orbit."