Barbara Mikulski: “I support the direction that you're going in.”

I rise today in support of the bipartisan compromise amendment drafted by the Senator from Maine, Ms. Collins. I say it is a good first step, and I say it is even more than that. It is a significant step forward in gun control and violence…

Will the Senator withhold for just 1 minute? Will the chairman of the committee yield for a question? This is not to hold you up, but I do have a question for the chairman of the committee.

nothing about me without me.

Thank you very much, Mr. President and Vice President. Well, Mr. President, we all take pleasure in calling you that. Mr. Vice President, Senator, foreign policy guru, the Senator who was tough on crime but a soft touch when it came to…