Barbara Mikulski: “before the Senator leaves the floor, first of all, we thank her for her statement. I wonder if she would yield for a…”

I yield such time to the Senator. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.

That is the way we talk here. I thank the gentlelady from California for her kind words. We have been together through thick, thin, and the attempt to get thin, and that story about bending at the waist is a true one. I am not the person…

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

I rise today having submitted a resolution honoring the 40th anniversary of women attending the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Forty years ago, in 1975, Congress proudly authorized women to attend military service academies. That act…