Barbara Mikulski: “This is prevention for future financial problems, and it is like being immunized against being taken advantage of.”

We are safe, we are secure, and we are undeterred.

I want to recognize her for her leadership in that.

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.

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.