Barbara Mikulski

We cannot let this lag.

I care a lot about trying to make that particular coordinating agency as useful as possible...

I pledge that I will work with each Senator in those sectors.

I intend to hold a roundtable on weather rather than this kind of more rigid hearing structure in which members will be invited.

We want to thank you for embracing the spirit of reform.

Weather really begins with our satellites in the sky.

I'm committed to bringing the Appropriations process back to regular order.

I just want to say publicly, Senator Shelby, we could not have the continuing funding resolution without your help.

What they call cyber hygiene.

We want to practice preventive medicine here.

I am really worried about the fisheries disasters and how to respond to them on either coast and also Alaska.

We need a balanced approach, and we call upon the leadership and the President to help come up with that balanced approach.

I support the President's budget level of $1.5 trillion.

I support the President's budget level of $1.058 trillion.

I really want to thank Senator Cochran who was so helpful to me and Senator Shelby.

Well, let us talk about that and let us see.

I want to thank the Senator from Tennessee first for consulting with Senator Shelby and me. You are exactly right, he has identified a problem. We are concerned. I promise the Senator we will definitely work with him. I appreciate the…

I now speak on the Mikulski-Shelby substitute amendment, which is pending. I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan continuing resolution. It accomplishes many things. First, when we pass this, we will avoid a government shutdown…

We have three more votes. The first vote is on the Mikulski-Shelby substitute amendment. This is the bill we have been working on now for 8 days. After that, we will have a vote on cloture, and then we will go to final passage. If we could…

Before I speak and have time counted against me, the Senate is not in order. We are now coming to the last three votes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate will be in order.

This too is an amendment I believe we can agree to with a voice vote. Again, I wish to thank Senator Leahy for the excellent job he did. I ask unanimous consent that all time be yielded back and the 60-vote threshold be waived for this…

This amendment makes technical changes to citations, bill language related to the Department of Homeland Security and an adjustment resulting from a CBO scoring. I believe we can agree to this amendment with a voice vote, so I ask…

I now call up the Mikulski-Shelby amendment No. 98, as modified. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Maryland [Ms. Mikulski], for herself and Mr. Shelby, proposes…

Thanks to the excellent work of both Senators Inhofe and Hagan, who reached an agreement on this, I believe we can agree to this amendment with another voice vote. I ask unanimous consent that all time be yielded back and that a 60- vote…

I believe we can agree to this amendment with a voice vote, so I ask unanimous consent that the 60-vote threshold be waived for the amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Is…