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 the Ranking Minority Member of the Appropriations Committee and also sits on the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is from the February 3, 2015, Senate floor debate on H.R. 240, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. I come to the floor to call for a…
