Barbara Mikulski

As the longest serving woman in congressional history, I proudly stand on the shoulders of the suffragists who fought bravely and boldly for generations to secure women's political equality.

Your leadership in placing the Women's Suffrage National Monument on the National Mall will expand our Nation's understanding of American women's leadership.

It will be a proud day for our country when every girl who visits the National Mall is able to see herself represented amongst the giants of our national story.

Without a monument to the great women of American history who paved the way for us to fully participate in and shape our democracy, the telling of the American story on our National Mall is not yet complete.

I just want to comment. On June 4, we are going to hold our hearing on the FBI budget request.

Nothing about me without me.

When constituents come to you, make sure you do not promise results but promise best efforts, that you'll give it your best.

We especially thank Senate Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran and Vice-Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski for their unwavering support for the NIH.

I want to recognize her for her leadership in that.

First of all, thank you, to the Senator. I, in no way, want to impede this conversation. I didn't realize that you had asked for 45 minutes, and I really found these comments by the supporters of the bill really quite instructive, and I…

Of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, is it the desire of the other party to be doing, like, a colloquy--an extensive colloquy--dealing with the Veterans First Act? I am trying to get the lay of the land here on the floor, because the…

Will the Senator withhold for just 1 minute? Will the chairman of the committee yield for a question? This is not to hold you up, but I do have a question for the chairman of the committee.

I appreciate the response of the Senator from Utah, for whom I have a great deal of respect, but I want the record to show that the Democrats are not playing some kind of privatization card. The proposal to do that has come from the other…

Right. As the chair of the committee, my question is this: What are my friend's ideas so we can find common ground?

No, but my friend did say that we have injected politics into the Social Security debate and then went on to talk about how others have written articles. I don't dispute what my friend said. But because he chairs the Finance Committee, I…

The Senator from Utah said that we Democrats have politicized the debate.

I have a question for the distinguished Senator from Utah. What are the Senator's proposals to stabilize the Social Security trust fund?

To the Senator from Connecticut, most of the victims of guns in domestic violence are law enforcement officials responding to aid a domestic violence victim. In my own State there have been wonderful men in blue who came to a home to…

First, joining you as a social worker, my question is, Is the Senator from Minnesota, with her vast experience as an attorney general as well as her advocacy here in the Senate---- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lee). The question must be…

When we did this bill, we wanted it to focus on the needs of the child, not the needs of a bureaucracy and not the needs of the budget.

We believe one of the reasons this has been a success is we believe in candor and putting it all on the table, no matter what the answer is.

Even if we could provide more money--well, there is an enormous need.

That's pretty significant.

That's bone chilling.