Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have another resolution at desk. I ask it be now considered. The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 4) honoring Senator Barbara Mikulski for becoming the longest serving female Senator in history. (Applause, Senators rising.) The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the resolution is approved and the preamble is agreed to. The resolution (S. Res. 4) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 4 Whereas the Honorable Barbara Mikulski has had a long and distinguished career as a United States Senator from the State of Maryland; Whereas Senator Mikulski was first elected to the United States Congress as a member of the House of Representatives in 1976, where she served until winning election to the Senate in 1986; Whereas Senator Mikulski is the first woman to be elected to statewide office in Maryland; Whereas in the 103rd Congress, Senator Mikulski was the first woman to be elected Assistant Senate Democratic Floor Leader; Whereas Senator Mikulski was the first woman in the Senate Democratic Leadership, serving as Secretary of the Senate Democratic Conference in the 104th through the 108th Congresses; Whereas in 1997, Senator Mikulski became the most senior woman serving in the Senate; Whereas Senator Mikulski is the first woman to serve on the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the first woman to chair the…”