Barbara Mikulski

Could you work with us to identify those things where it is too many good-old micro line-item programs?

I want you to know, Senator Enzi really helped me be able to work on a bipartisan basis to be able to do that.

I believe that is how we will be able to deliver for the American people.

No golden parachutes! Let them feel the hard landing that my constituents faced when they were laid off at Bethlehem Steel. Let them feel the hard landing of knowing what it's like to have your mortgage foreclosed upon. We do not need to…

No golden parachutes. Let them feel the hard landing that my constituents faced when they were laid off at Bethlehem Steel. Let them feel the hard landing of knowing what it's like to have your mortgage foreclosed upon.

So if people really want their gas prices lowered today, they should just e-mail the President and say: Don't change the subject, change the policies. Get rid of price gouging and get rid of the speculation. You can do it by Executive…

Does the Senator share my frustration--and I believe the American people's frustration--that the President is trying to change the subject rather than change the policies, particularly the policies where he could, by Executive order, deal…

We know gas prices are a woman's issue. If anything is driving up groceries and family bills, it is gas. This whole issue today of lifting the ban on drilling--is the Senator from California aware that there are currently 68 million acres…

Does the Senator agree, rather than change policies to prevent gouging of consumers and speculation in the market, they would rather change the subject?

Don't the massive oil companies already have substantial acreage they could start drilling on right now?

Now it is time to fight for Lilly Ledbetter and the 150 million women in her position. The CBS poll on women says the No. 1 issue they face is equal pay for equal or comparable work. If in fact this is not a problem, why does every woman…

First of all, I have very serious questions about the bill itself. The original bill that has been brought to the floor takes care of the sharks and the whales, but it does not take care of the little people, the minnows. The Maryland…

Here is the question: There are two houses for sale. One is a foreclosed property and one is a regular homeowner ready to sell. The question I get from non-profits and people is: Is the tax credit going to depress by $7,000 the house that…

I have a question exactly about not only those headlines but what people have asked me over the weekend. I want the Senator to know, first of all, we value his extensive experience in the real estate field--he was a well-known realtor in…

Real-world situation. This house is foreclosed, which means it already is going on the market at a depressed value, OK? The consequence of a foreclosure is a melancholy event, not only for the person who is losing their home, but the…

I believe what the Senator from Arkansas has done is modernize the consumer product safety framework from when it was originally invented in the 1970s. Technology has come a long way. Products are more complex. Imports are on the rise. We…

Is the Senator aware the President's budget actually cut NIH by $310 million? He cut the National Institutes of Health projects by $310 million, wiping out research opportunities for those young scientists with breakthrough ideas, as well…

I sponsored an amendment to H.R. 3093, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that provided $3 million in funding for Teach for America, headquartered in New York, NY, to improve science, technology…

The Community Innovations for Aging in Place program provides community-based services by supporting partnerships between government and health and human services providers in caring for the nation's elderly. The federal government needs…

But, Mr. President, I would say to the Senator from North Carolina, whom I worked with when she was at the Department of Labor as well as the Department of Transportation, along with other issues in our community--her support for the…

I find that there is nothing more despicable than a child predator. I believe it is so dastardly, so despicable, so repugnant that every time I think about the work Adam Walsh did, the work that comes out of our excellent bill with our…

So then it is the belief of the Senator that our addition of over $500 million to guard the streets and neighborhoods and communities of America will be well spent?

We face a veto threat not because we have done bad legislation but because we have done good funding. Is the Senator aware that the legislation called for the elimination of the COPS Program?

I agree that a joint report between the DEA and CMS will help us move forward in this crucial area of health information technology and bring down a serious barrier to improved patient care.

The amendment provides additional funding for a drug court program. The amendment has appropriate offsets. I ask for the adoption of the amendment. It has been cleared on both sides of the aisle.