Honorable Barbara Mikulski
United States Senator, Maryland, Democrat
Senator Mikulski was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. She served on the Baltimore City Council from 1971 to 1976, and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1976 to 1986. She is a member of the Appropriations Committee; the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; and the Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is from the October 16, 2003, Senate floor debate on emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan. I rise as an enthusiastic supporter of this wonderful bipartisan agreement. I do it because it meets four of my principles on supplemental spending. Number one, there…
