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Barbara Mikulski
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Real ID in Emergency Supplemental Spending Bill - May 10, 2005
May 10, 2005
I join today with my colleagues in supporting the Emergency Supplemental Spending Bill. It’s important that we continue to support the brave men and women who put their lives on the line both at home and abroad. But today, as I support funding for our troops I also stand opposed to the part of the Emergency Supplemental known as “REAL ID." This controversial and overly-broad provision has no place in an emergency spending bill. The changes to our immigration laws and the policies on asylum proposed by this legislation are […]
Barbara Mikulski
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Rebuilding Iraq - Oct. 15, 2003
October 15, 2003
I wanted to use part of my morning business to give some of my principles as we debate the supplemental appropriations on Iraq. One year ago, America was on the brink of war. Congress debated then whether America should go it alone to confront Saddam Hussein or get international support to bring the world with us. This week Congress takes up a nearly similar debate. Do we go it alone or do we find a way to share the burden and the cost of the war? Who should pay for […]
Barbara Mikulski
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Promote Women's Health - June 23, 2006
June 23, 2006
I rise to introduce the Women's Health Office Act with my colleague, Senator Olympia Snowe. The Women's Health Office Act authorizes and strengthens women's health offices or officers at federal health agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services. This legislation will make sure that men and women get equal benefit from federal investments in medical research and health care services. Today, doctors, scientists, members of Congress, and the American public know that women and men have different bodies and different health care needs. Diseases like ovarian cancer and […]
Barbara Mikulski
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Increase Training and Equipment for Firefighters - Oct. 14, 2005
October 14, 2004
I am going to speak about the compelling needs of our local fire departments. All of us, over the weekend, went to events commemorating September 11, 2001. We all spoke about how much we admired those men and women who stood up to defend the nation, including those very brave first responders at the World Trade Center who dashed up over 75 floors in burning buildings to try to rescue people. They put themselves on the line, and many of them, as we know, perished on that horrible day. Here […]
Barbara Mikulski
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
International Women's Day - March 8, 2005
March 8, 2005
I rise to introduce the Women’s Health Office Act with my colleague, Senator Olympia Snowe. The Women’s Health Office Act authorizes and strengthens women’s health offices or officers at federal health agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services. This legislation will make sure that men and women get equal benefit from federal investments in medical research and health care services. “Today, doctors, scientists, members of Congress, and the American public know that women and men have different bodies and different health care needs. Diseases like ovarian cancer and […]
Barbara Mikulski
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors - June 10, 2003
June 10, 2003
Seniors are facing a crisis, and it is caused by the high cost of prescription drugs. For so many years Congress has talked about prescription drugs and Medicare. Well, let me tell you what seniors say: talk, talk, talk. They're fed up with our talk, and they want us to take action. They tell me you can't talk yourself out of high cholesterol. You need Lipitor. You can't talk your way out of diabetes. You need insulin. The problem with the Senate, they say, is when all gets said and […]
Barbara Mikulski
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Opposition to Alito Confirmation - Jan. 25, 2006
January 25, 2006
I rise to address one of the most significant and far reaching decisions a Senator makes – the vote on a confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice. A Senator is called upon to make two decisions that are irrevocable and irretrievable, one is the decision to go to war and the other is the confirmation of members of the Supreme Court. This vote will have an immense impact on future generations. Judge Alito is 55. If confirmed, he will sit on the Supreme Court for decades and rule on thousands […]
Lisa Murkowski
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Alaskan Constitutional Convention 50th Anniversary - Nov. 8, 2005
November 8, 2005
Mr. President, I thank my colleague and I, too, thank the Senator from Virginia for allowing us to speak today on the 50th anniversary of the convening of the Alaska Constitutional Convention. Although is has not quite been 50 years since Alaska’s statehood, it was half a century ago today that 55 delegates from around the State met to debate what would become the Alaska Constitution. Prior to the Constitutional Convention, the Convention’s secretary, Thomas Stewart, traveled around the country for six months looking at other states’ constitutions and how […]
Elizabeth Dole
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Judicial Nominees - April 27, 2005
April 27, 2005
Madame President, today I want to express my concern over the judicial nominations process. It is clear that this process has completely broken down. Unfortunately, the rhetoric surrounding this important issue has become increasingly bitter over the past several weeks. Sharp words have been exchanged. The intentions of my fellow Republicans have been unfairly characterized. And my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have even gone so far as to threaten to shut down the government if the Senate were to exercise its constitutional right to set its […]
Elizabeth Dole
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Damage from Hurricane Ivan - Oct. 22, 2004
October 22, 2004
Mr. President, so many states have been devastated this hurricane season. My own home state of North Carolina has been ravaged by the effects of not one but four hurricanes in the last few weeks. Most recently, Western North Carolina suffered extensive damage caused by the torrential wind and rain of Hurricane Ivan. Initial estimates from the storm's destruction in Buncombe County alone are already topping 100 million dollars. Sadly, this same county had already projected that exact amount in damages following Hurricane Frances. Counties in Western North Carolina had […]