Barbara Mikulski: “We need to say good-bye to silo thinking in which quality is over here, cost is there, and so on.”

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.

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

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…

I want to recognize her for her leadership in that.