Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"I think Mr. Clapper makes a great point, that it does come in appropriations."

"We need to know that seafood is safe, and the American public needs to know that seafood is safe for the simple reason that we want them to continue to feel comfortable buying gulf products."

"We are the United States of America. There's nobody with our size and our scope."

"There's a continuum of actions here. One is an outright ban. That, I think, has to be well founded on solid research."