Barbara Mikulski

What we did initially to fix Hubble was because we worked on a bipartisan basis, and the efforts of Senator Garn and with Senator Garn, we had the credibility, although I had the gavel, they had the credibility, and then NASA had the…

I think also it is a tribute to really bipartisanship, and I know really very early in my Senate career, I became the chairman of the Subcommittee on VA/HUD, of which NASA was part of.

While the proposed funding level of $18.5 billion is a good start, there is much work to do.

How does the Department of Justice ensure that the thousands of State and local officers on your task forces have received proper training in areas like use of force or avoiding racial bias?

How many Deputy U.S. Marshals are currently dedicated to full-time Adam Walsh Act enforcement?

What is the FBI doing to stop human and sex trafficking in the United States? What additional resources are needed by the FBI to put traffickers out of business?

If we are going to lift the caps in defense to defend America, there is a lot of defense right here in our country for our communities.

I think there is a real bipartisan interest on this subcommittee around this issue.

Well, my time is up, but I think it says we really need a different kind of coordination here.

I am frustrated that DOJ did not do the comprehensive thing. Law enforcement is a tool. We have to look at prevention, enforcement and interdiction, and then recovery, okay?

In fiscal year 2015, this subcommittee requested that the Department of Justice (DOJ) convene a task force to come up with a comprehensive Federal solution.

I have a significant issue in Maryland, and it has been raised by our local DEA people, as well as Governor Hogan.

I also want to compliment you on the fact that we are going to continue the tradition of the subcommittee of a classified hearing after this.

And, of course, for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), that wonderful lab in Ammendale that does this incredible forensics.

Let's have the right resources, and let's make sure we don't do another sequester where FBI agents were digging into their pocket to pay for gasoline.

I think we need to be able to do that in three ways. Number one, give them respect.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for this hearing today and really bringing the full complement of Federal law enforcement before the subcommittee.

We're going to follow up. Thank you for the great job you're doing.

So what is the labs to market going to do?

I think you see here a bipartisan support for the necessity of the satellites

This is one that it's extremely important that we fund our polar satellites

We're totally committed to reform

It's a very serious and very important endeavor that we have

The satellite program is near and dear to my heart, as it is to yours

I've been NOAA satellite obsessed. Number one, because of the role they play in helping us predict the weather.