Barbara Mikulski

And that 62 percent in NOAA really goes primarily to satellites, and it also goes to Weather Service.

I'm concerned that this type of system allows the Administration ultimately to pick a lot of winners and losers...

Our goal is to enact all 12 Appropriations bills before October 1, for the first time since 1996, in order to restore regular order--which means certainty and reliability in the appropriations process.

America is open for business.

We strive, for the first time since 1996, not to have a lame duck.

We look forward to working with you on this.

This is not a party thing... this is a committee thing.

We really welcome your insight on how we can reduce the prison population without increasing the risk to our communities.

We believe the Inspector Generals--this is a bipartisan approach that--should have access to the information, compliant with existing law.

We're here--we're all in it together. We all take the same oath to the Constitution and to protect it.

You're onto something big, here, and we think it's crucial.

This is not only crime, it is public health.

I think we cannot underestimate that this heroin matter is a new epidemic.

Does the idea of a Manhattan like project really have efficacy, or does it sound good.

What is it that is the best thing for NIH, sustained, steady growth with kind of an agreement across the aisle.

Thank them for their leadership on the American Cures Act.

This is a humanitarian crisis, and we have to go to the edge of our chairs to at least get the estimate for fiscal year 2015.

We have to look out for these children while we work on root cause.

I have been saying to the Administration, 'Tell me what you need, and don't stick us with the bill at the end.'

We don't want to warehouse them. We try to put them in foster care.

We have children pouring over the border from Central America.

I am really frustrated about this.

Can we go to the Head Start program? You say the additional $270 million will maintain current service levels.

We appreciate the thanks, but I have 5 minutes.

This is the Congress that did it.