Senator Barbara Mikulski marked a final chapter in her political career yesterday by a visit to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for which the Maryland Democrat has gotten more than $160 million in federal funds during the Obama years.
The Salisbury Daily Times reports that she ended her address with a flourish similar to that of President Obama at last weekend’s White House Correspondent’s Dinner.
Urging that the force be with them Maryland’s senior senator dropped the microphone and put two fingers to her lips to say good-bye.
Mikulski obtained $29 million for the Antares launch pad and another $12 million to repair the damage done by Hurricane Sandy.
The Daily Times reports that her office says the Virginia facility is responsible for over 15-hundred jobs on the Eastern Shore and generates $250-million in economic activity.
