Barbara Mikulski: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.”

In the interest of time, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri.

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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.

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