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Barbara Mikulski served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017, making her the longest-serving female senator in U.S. history. A member of the Democratic Party, she was known for her strong advocacy for women's rights, healthcare, and veterans' issues. Throughout her tenure, Mikulski played a significant role in various legislative efforts, including those aimed at improving access to healthcare and supporting social programs.
Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act, introduced by Senator Cochran and myself last week. Increasing geography literacy is essential to STEM education, and investing in our children's science…
Mr. President, I yield to the Senator from New York, Mrs. Gillibrand. Although our newest Democratic Senator, she has been a strong advocate, and she is not new to being a strong advocate. I yield her 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…
Mr. President, I am here representing 150 million women in the United States of America, and they are bewitched, bothered, and bewildered by what the Congress, particularly the House of Representatives, in H.R. 1, has done to women. Women…
Mr. President, I rise to explain my vote against the managers' amendment to S. 23, the America Invents Act. I agree wholeheartedly with the chairman of the Judiciary Committee that we must enable our inventors to out innovate and produce…
Mr. President, I rise to speak against the Wicker amendment. This is the Republican's first of what I worry will be a sustained attack in the 112th Congress against Federal employees. As the Senator from Maryland and for Maryland, I…
Mr. President, I rise today to commend and congratulate the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, SRBC, in honor of their 40th anniversary. The Susquehanna River Basin Compact, which went into effect on January 23, 1971, brought together the…
Mr. President, I rise today in very strong opposition to any attempt to repeal the health care reform bill. The Republican leadership has offered an amendment to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act. They are only keeping half of their…
Mr. President, I thank my colleagues for their very warm words. Today, when I walked down the aisle, escorted by my esteemed partner, Ben Cardin, my former and beloved colleague, Senator Paul Sarbanes--when I walked down that aisle, I…
Mr. President, I rise to speak about the appropriations process and the need to return it to regular order. I come to the floor very bitter that we have to pass this continuing resolution, CR. The power of the purse is our constitutional…
Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that Senator Cardin and I bring to the Senate Judge Ellen Hollander, an outstanding woman who is currently a member of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals; has been deemed qualified, very…
Mr. President, I rise to congratulate the men and women of the FBI's Baltimore field office who have prevented yet another catastrophic terrorist attack on our Nation. Similar to the plot to bomb the tree lighting ceremony in Portland, OR…
Mr. President, I rise to make a clarification regarding a project that is listed in the congressionally designated spending table to accompany Division G, the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies division of fiscal year 2011 omnibus…
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