Barbara Mikulski: “We learned from this February's snowstorms that the Federal Government in fact cannot function without Metro.”

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

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…

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.