Barbara Mikulski: “The biggest threat to your momentum would be not a stringent budget in fiscal year 2016, but a sequester that just goes…”

We especially thank Senate Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran and Vice-Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski for their unwavering support for the NIH.

I just want to comment. On June 4, we are going to hold our hearing on the FBI budget request.

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.

Your leadership in placing the Women's Suffrage National Monument on the National Mall will expand our Nation's understanding of American women's leadership.