Barbara Mikulski: “Well, I understand that the Hubble has led to 7,000 scientific papers, and that the information on Hubble, even that…”

I rise to take the floor for what I call my summing-up speech. It is not my farewell speech because I have the honor and privilege of being the ranking member and former chairman of the Appropriations Committee. I will speak later on this…

When constituents come to you, make sure you do not promise results but promise best efforts, that you'll give it your best.

Of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, is it the desire of the other party to be doing, like, a colloquy--an extensive colloquy--dealing with the Veterans First Act? I am trying to get the lay of the land here on the floor, because the…

we just heard a very instructive discussion on legislation proposed by the veterans authorizing committee. I wish to compliment both the chair and the ranking member on the debate. It was content rich, it was civil, and there were moments…