Betty McCollum actually said...

"You clearly understand that there are some places that are just too precious to mine."

"I think when you turn over public documents that actually have Interior memos that are cited in a news source that that would be rather credible, if they are citing the Department."

"I think from the chair's statement, and you will hear from my statement, there is something that we 100 percent agree on, and that is the Smithsonian has a special place on the Mall and in our Nation."

"But as we all know, more work remains to be done, and the total Federal share of the National Air and Space Museum is going to reach $650 million."