Barbara Mikulski actually said...

"I hope this will be his last hearing before us, not because he hasn't done a very good job as Secretary of Commerce, but because we know he will play an important role."

"We also want to know how we can create jobs without having an industrial policy of picking winners and losers."

"We really think that Secretary Locke brought such incredible expertise--not only his own background in the State of Washington, but he, as the Governor of the State of Washington, had to look within h..."

"I think that is good, but I don't think the Secretary of Commerce is America's salesperson."