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 sits on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, where she chairs the Subcommittee on Retirement Security and Aging, and on the Appropriations Committee, where she chairs the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science. She is also a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is from the September 19, 2007, Senate floor debate on an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill to specify…
