Barbara Mikulski

DOD has a critical shortage of mental healthcare professionals.

We want to work--today, this is not the environment to have this conversation.

I worry about compassion fatigue, not of our country but of allies.

I had the great honor of being with him in Mozambique where he had created a low-tech but highly effective industry.

I was so proud of what Senator Leahy did, and I really bring this to the attention that Senator Leahy, with his leadership as the Chair, your work in Haiti, that we take special attention to that.

Doesn't that function like a triage system, things that look like a dog from the very beginning?

If I had spent 200 hours--it's just a stunning amount of time.

Will in the hell this create jobs and do it over the short run and the long haul?

This is as comprehensive as a Federal highway system. We would never ask Department of Transportation to do it this fast.

This program I believe is not stimulating the economy. It's simply more Government spending that is forcing our Nation further and further into debt.

The wisdom of the President said that as we move ahead we will not only do infrastructure in roads, but in information superhighway.

I'm getting calls from my Chamber of Commerce. We've got this co-op, just bursting with the desire to create jobs in the installation of rural broadband.

We're actually going to be on time with this hearing, which is--Congress needs to take its own admonition for speed sometimes.

We do not want to add to the cynicism of dysfunction. We do not want a techno-Katrina here.

Broadband is their tool to expanding private sector jobs.

So thank you. Thank you for the management, thank you for the metrics, and thank you for the efforts that are being made.

The No. 1 issue is creating jobs for the country.

I have three criteria that I use to evaluate all Executive Branch nominees: Competence, integrity, and commitment to the core mission of the Department.

I am happy to support the nomination of Elizabeth Harman to become Assistant Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

I am proud to join the Fraternal Order of Police, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, and many others in endorsing this nomination.

There is a clear Federal responsibility to this system.

There have been 11 metro deaths this year.

Washington Metro is America's subway.

I really want to thank you for your national leadership on transportation safety in general and also on this transit safety issue in particular.

I believe that we must look at this not only as the responsibility of the local jurisdictions--Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC--but also as a Federal responsibility.