Well, we feel the same way and, particularly, on the issues related to outreach and education.

I suggest the absence of a quorum and ask unanimous consent that the time be equally divided between the parties. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to…

I ask unanimous consent that the time until 2:45 p.m. be equally divided in the usual form, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I come to the floor in my position as the vice chair of the Appropriations Committee to urge the Senate to pass a clean Homeland Security appropriations bill. Yesterday the Senate rejected a procedural vote to take up the House Homeland…

First of all, I thank the Senator for bringing Representative Carter's comments to my attention. I absolutely agree with the Senator's analysis and also with the comments by Representative Carter. We should have a sense of urgency in…

I ask to speak in morning business as agreed upon. ____________________

before the Democratic leader leaves, in the warmest and most enthusiastic way, I want to welcome him back. He looks like he has been in a big fight. I am sure he won. It is wonderful to have him back in his leadership role, here right at…

I come to the floor to call for a vote against the motion to proceed to H.R. 240, the House Homeland Security funding bill. Now, this is a shock--for Senator Barbara Mikulski to call for a vote against a motion to proceed on an…

I've yet to see where Promise Neighborhoods deliver on the promise, other than Harlem Park, and I'm being a little harsh here.

Do you need a school social worker? Desperately.

I would venture to say that the application would be one inch thick, and the speech accompanying it would be another 320,000.

Do we need you? Desperately.

Do you need a school nurse? Desperately.

the Department of Homeland Security was established right after the terrible attack on the United States of America on September 11, 2001. The Department of Homeland Security is a big agency, but protecting the homeland is a big job, and…

I would say to the Senator from Arkansas, my time was delayed. I hope I have not slowed the Senator down this morning. I didn't realize you were here.

today I am introducing the Accelerating Biomedical Research Act. The bill allows more funding for the National Institutes of Health by allowing NIH funding to grow even while we continue to live under austere funding caps. NIH funding has…

I come to the floor as the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, and I come to ask my colleagues to bring to the floor and pass a clean Homeland Security appropriations bill for fiscal year 2015. This isn't just Senator Barb…

I rise first to thank my colleague from Maryland for his eloquent words on the Holocaust and the survivors of the Holocaust and the compelling voices that came out of those death camps. In addition, my colleague has always been a champion…

I would hope we could encourage the EEOC to really publish its guidance and to do it in a full public comment.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Ms. Mikulski pertaining to the submission of S. Res. No. 35 is printed in today's Record…

I wish to take this opportunity to bring to my Senate colleagues' attention the most momentous day that will occur next week. Next week, on January 27, it will be the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration…

I rise today to talk about jobs-- especially jobs in the U.S. steel industry. This November I went to a ceremony at Sparrows Point a former steel plant in Maryland. It was a bittersweet day. I was there to honor the legacy of Bethlehem…

Does that mean all conversations, Mr. President? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Please take your conversations outside the Chamber. Thank you.

I come to the floor with my colleague Senator Ben Cardin from Maryland. Mr. President, the Senate is not in order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order. Take your conversations out of the Chamber.

I am on the floor, along with my colleague Senator Ben Cardin from Maryland, to advocate for Carolyn Colvin to be confirmed as the Social Security Commissioner, making her the chief executive officer of the Social Security Administration…