Barbara Mikulski: “Let us protect the ideas. Then I am going to ask you about NIST, which is to create the standards, so that your product…”

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.

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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.