Barbara Mikulski

My amendment is pending and I recognize the Senator from Oklahoma wishes to speak. The Senator from California has an amendment.

The Senator, again, has made an accurate assessment. This bill is only applicable to employers and guest workers who have complied with the law. If a worker has not been here before and they have not demonstrated that they have complied…

In the interest of following the regular order and engaging in senatorial courtesy, we really need order. I could not hear the distinguished Senator and, therefore, was concerned that we were having some slippage in our process. Amendment…

I am now confused. As a courtesy to the chairman of the Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations, I yielded to him so he could offer his technical amendment. Are we now laying my amendment aside?

Withholding the right to object, I have no objection to how long you wish to speak on your amendment, Senator. I wanted to be sure I got to offer my amendment this afternoon.

I realize the Senator from Texas has been recognized to offer his amendment. I ask unanimous consent I be permitted to offer my amendment after the Cornyn-Feinstein amendment.

Mahmoud Abbas has got to not only dismantle the security forces, but he's got to dismantle a mindset

I absolutely want to support the President in this initiative.

The women of the Senate are very concerned about the long-range consequences on these children

Well, we know it's a big issue among the people of Poland.

What I'm concerned about... is about the vulnerable populations.

I want to congratulate you on your very successful trip to Europe.

I remember your testimony that said, 'This war isn't going to cost us anything.'

I just find this--that we had to push to get a death benefit raised from $12,000 to $100,000.

I haven't seen a frozen asset. I haven't even seen an ice cube asset.

Maybe we need tort reform in our own Government so that--maybe that's where we ought to have tort reform.

I'm pretty hot about this.

I don't want their families to end up in poverty. I don't want their families ending up on food stamps.

Would this be retroactive to September 11?

Will this be limited only to Iraq and Afghanistan?

Senator Biden, my colleague, and I are $1.5 billion short every year for our veterans.

But you--this is beyond note taking. This is what we're looking at here.

I'm outraged at the possibility that my troops, the troops that wear the uniform of the U.S. military, would engage in brutal, savage tactics. I won't put up with it.

Literally, we are going to ensure the safety and security of our mammograms. I just finished the Race for the Cure in Baltimore. I did more of a ``walk for the cure'' this morning. But when you look at the survivors and you know what early…

I think you're onto something here, and happy to be a co-sponsor.