Barbara Mikulski: “My first legislation as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee was taking over the disaster spending bill to get it…”

I yield my hour assigned to me to the Democratic leader. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right. The assistant Democratic leader.

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…

I rise to take the floor for what I call my summing-up speech. It is not my farewell speech because I have the honor and privilege of being the ranking member and former chairman of the Appropriations Committee. I will speak later on this…

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