Barbara Mikulski

Do you think we should have one-size-fits-all mandatory reporting?

The National Mesonet Program championed by Senator Barbara Mikulski after the 2004 Baltimore Water Taxi Incident

But this issue of totally replacing the 510(k) gives us pause, and I think one of the reasons it gives us pause is the looming question of who would design the new system?

If you're going to criticize FDA for approval, criticize us for bill approval.

I am also deeply troubled by the demonization. It has shifted focus away from the regulatory process and the IOM report.

I want you and the people who work at the FDA... to know how proud we are of the job they do every day.

I think that we need to understand that the first obligation you have is for the safety of patients, not whether or not a company gets the approval in a timely manner.

I think what we need is to value our civil servants, and let them know they can count on us.

We're facing a joint committee report. If the joint committee fails to act, or we fail to adopt the joint committee recommendation, we will go to a sequester.

Dump it and deal with it.

In those 2 years, this has not come up. I have another question about the Finance Committee, which also has jurisdiction over health care. Is it the Senator's understanding that both in the supercommittee and other reforms, Congress's…

First of all, I compliment the Senator for the really wonderful teaching she just did on this issue. She is a member of the Finance Committee, and with all they are doing in Social Security, hasn't there been a hearing in the Finance…

The letter cosponsored by Senators Mikulski and Hutchison, co-signed by all the women senators and others, to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt urging the inclusion of women in shaping the government.

President Obama issued an Executive order on October 31 to immediately take action to reduce shortages; but we can and must do more.

You were the Chair of the Judiciary Committee, so you are well versed on the patent issues. Why don't we turn it over to the leadership and see how it turns out.

I remember that very well. I remember it was enormously controversial. It was significantly confusing, and there was much to be said on both sides. I believe somebody missed a filing deadline by 24 hours.

I oppose this amendment. First, it is a budget buster. To enforce this will take enormous amounts of resources. You cannot be sure that that drug coming from Canada is not a counterfeit, lethal death drug. You don't have any enforcement…

We have an order that has been established. I can understand the Senator from Michigan wanting to rebut. How long does the Senator from Michigan wish to talk?

We are alternating back and forth, so we will go to Senator Sessions and then Senator Udall.

I would advise the Senator that we are waiting for one of the Senators to come and offer an amendment, if he wishes to speak on another subject.

I oppose the McCain amendment and OMB's recommendation. Trade adjustment assistance is an effective and modest program, and it is only $15.8 million. The average grant is $75,000. From 2006 to 2010, it has helped over 830 firms and created…

Senator Mikulski was talking about the changing labor force and how policy is still reacting to a previous design of labor.

Born-again do-gooders.

I believe that the digital world, the digital economy has changed everything, providing opportunities for people.

There's a tendency to either ghettoize or want to feel sorry for people, and so much has changed.