Barbara Mikulski: “We do not want to use that phrase anymore--to $40 billion.”

Nothing about me without me.

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.

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.