Barbara Mikulski
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Barbara Mikulski served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017, making her the longest-serving female senator in U.S. history. A member of the Democratic Party, she was known for her strong advocacy for women's rights, healthcare, and veterans' issues. Throughout her tenure, Mikulski played a significant role in various legislative efforts, including those aimed at improving access to healthcare and supporting social programs.
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?
I know we are worried about our satellites, number one, not for the purposes of this hearing, it would be inappropriate, but we worry about the Chinese and what they are doing in terms of any satellite technology.
Madam Attorney General, there are many programs you have functioning at the local level, certainly in Baltimore.
I think you see here a bipartisan support for the necessity of the satellites
Should there be training, whether it is latent bias, deliberate bias, and also the use of force?
I would hope because there is bipartisan effort in this area in terms of looking at what we need to do to safely reduce the prison population.
We could get beyond the petty politics that were the obstruction to that confirmation.
I want to be sure that our best days are not behind us, and we are committed to a balanced space program.
I have a significant issue in Maryland, and it has been raised by our local DEA people, as well as Governor Hogan.
What other tools do you feel that you have on criminal justice reform to help restore this trust?
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.
today the Senate will vote for the fourth time on a procedural vote to take up the House Homeland Security funding bill. We are going to be voting on the cloture of the motion to proceed because it is a parliamentary way of dealing with…
In behalf of the women of the Senate, but really everywhere, we want to thank the good men on this Committee, because this is not only a woman's issue, this is a human being issue, this is a human rights issue.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership on this, and also the leadership of Senator Murray.
I can't let this point pass without thanking my senior Senator from Maryland, Senator Mikulski, for her exceptional efforts with regard to these funding issues.
Unfortunately, the pace of new treatment enrollments for PEPFAR declined for the first time ever in 2014.
I am concerned that this level of funding will set the U.S. back in its goal of helping establish an AIDS-free generation.
We looked at the issue of two things: how can we make sure young people got a very good education when they went to college, to make college more available and make it more affordable.
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has been regarded as one of the most successful global health programs in history.
I rise to talk about the Department of Homeland Security and the necessity to fund it. Earlier today the President submitted a document for the authorization of use of military force to the Congress. I take the President's request very…





