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 as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1976 to 1986. She serves on the following committees: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (within which she chairs the Aging Subcommittee); Appropriations (within which she chairs the VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee), and the Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is from the September 14, 2001, Senate floor debate on emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from and response to terrorist attacks on the United States. What…
