I rise today to join my distinguished colleague from Washington State, a longstanding advocate for women and children and, really, fundamental fairness. Today I join her in urging that the U.S. Soccer Federation end the gender gap and stop…

I wish to voice my full support for the fiscal year 2017 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies appropriations bill which includes the fiscal year 2017 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and related…

it has been 3 months since the administration sent Congress the emergency funding request for Zika, and Congress hasn't acted on it. But today we have an opportunity to do so, and I hope we do. We will have pending before the Congress…

Thank you very much, Mr. President. I rise this evening in support of the nomination of Paula Xinis to serve on the District Court of Maryland. I know Senator Cardin will be coming to the floor shortly to also comment on Ms. Xinis's…

One letter is from someone who is a 20-year veteran, working in the Western District. The Western District is where they filmed ``The Wire.'' It is rough, tough, and hardscrabble. This former police sergeant said: In closing, as a 20-year…

a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland

Each and every one of these testimonies were so compelling, and we could spend all morning just talking to one of the people at the table.

In my early days in the Senate when I came here, women were not included in the protocols at NIH. This was 1986, not 1886.

We need to put that research into action, and then when you look at the way we do not fund programs like IDEA, then groups with learning challenges are pitted against each other for resources.

I rise to take the floor as the vice chair of the Appropriations Committee and urge that we adopt an urgent supplemental request to deal with the Zika threat. This is real. It has been 2 months since the administration sent to Congress an…

I rise as the vice chair of the Appropriations Committee to express my appreciation to the majority leader of the Senate, Senator McConnell, and Senator Cochran, the chair of the Appropriations Committee, for moving the process forward. We…

We, in Maryland, are here to support the nomination of Dr. Hayden to be the chief librarian of the Library of Congress.

I come to the floor to join my colleagues in calling for equal pay for equal work for women. I just left the President of the United States. He is right up the street at the Sewall-Belmont House. This is the home of the National Woman's…

I believe children are on the move and they will constitute a tremendous threat in the future unless we show them humanity, compassion, and a way forward.

I support these new ideas, and you know, Precision Medicine, the BRAIN Initiative, and all of this promise...

Number one, do no harm.

I'm ready for the breakthrough.

It has been my great joy, one of the greatest joys I've had being in the Senate, was to be able to represent the National Institutes of Health.

On behalf of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, I am writing to express our strong support for the Marine Debris Program.

I rise today not only to recognize the 104th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, but also the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scout Gold Award. The Gold Award is the most prestigious award in Girl Scouting, only comparable to the Boy Scouts of…

We won't march. We won't wear banners unless you don't pass the bill.

I am here on behalf of the 20 women of the United States Senate to ask you to consider the bill authorizing the Sewall-Belmont House to be a national park site.

As you talk about the centennial for the National Park Service, be aware that we are coming upon in 2020 the centennial for the passage of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote.

I rise today to talk about an issue that is of the utmost importance to me, Marylanders, and American families-- college affordability. I have said this often, but we in this country enjoy many freedoms: the freedom of speech, the freedom…

I really worry about the children of the world.