Barbara Mikulski

I thank the Senator, who, like me, is a strong supporter of the International Fund for Ireland. As the Senator from Vermont knows, peace and reconciliation efforts in Northern Ireland, under the Good Friday Agreement, will be assisted by…

Instead of a great feeling of joy and relief, senior citizens are now facing anxiety and also disappointment. Disappointment at how skimpy, and anxiety about what they could lose, rather than what they could gain.

I further say to my unflagging colleague from Minnesota, this $500,000 will not come out of other Minnesota projects. OK? The memorial to Senator Wellstone is a national project of national impact and, therefore, will not impact upon the…

I acknowledge the validity of my colleagues' concerns and look forward to working with them to try to address these concerns in conference and with Secretary Principi.

I really must express my very keen disappointment that we were not allowed at least another hour or two to finish. I know the other side has the issues they want to raise on Federal judgeships, but this bill stands up for what America…

In conclusion, my amendment helps our communities by providing more funding to meet immediate water and sewer needs so our communities can have clean and safe water. Water and sewer funding provides dual value for the taxpayers. It helps…

I thank Senator Bond and Senator Stevens for working very closely with us to ensure that promises made to veterans are promises kept. This $1.3 billion is a dire need. I am ready to give my consent to this amendment, and the veterans of…

The veterans need this bill. We need it to protect America's environment. We need it to empower communities, and we need to invest in science and technology that helps us come up with new ideas for the new products that are going to lead…

We now come to the Mikulski amendment. Know that the amendment that just passed with the support of my side of the aisle corrects 5 and only 5 of 15 egregious problems with the May 29 circular. That amendment was a downpayment. But if you…

I would appreciate assurances that the conferees will work to ensure that the needs of the U.S. Naval Academy will be funded as this supplemental bill goes to conference.

I think the investments do need to be sustained over time, because it is not a one-shot fix.

But would you be looking at, say, extra money for people who have been serving more than 200 days, more than 400 days?

Be careful with contracting out, Mr. Secretary.

With this bill, we take an important step to ensure the well-being of this nation and its citizens.

I think the genius of what has kept NASA so fresh and spectacular has been we have a core group of civil servants.

If you don't pick them up, they're cosmologists, astrophysicists, so many separate fields of physics that I couldn't even describe.

We don't want to create uncertainty just for saying we want to compete, because there is importance to competition.

I am very troubled by the President's budget request. I think it is status quo, and I think we needed another $500 million more.

I think when we go, we have to be sure in the most meticulous, arduous way that we are ready to go

How do we get it in the appropriations bill and if we don't, then we cannot have that whole issue of NASA going to other important programs to get the money

We need a bigger allocation, right.

I think we're all in agreement that there needs to be a thorough and rigorous and candid investigation of what went wrong.

I think it has been a heroic and extraordinary effort, and a special salute to the people of Texas.

My No. 1 priority, both as when I chaired this subcommittee and then as the ranking member, has been shuttle safety.

But I appreciate your at least putting in the data and tracking and monitoring mechanisms for that, because we want to be able to show that it can be done.