Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"I know we are worried about our satellites, number one, not for the purposes of this hearing, it would be inappropriate, but we worry about the Chinese and what they are doing in terms of any satellit..."

"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."