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Barbara Mikulski
Speeches
Character Counts - Oct. 15, 1995
October 15, 1995
Hi, I'm Senator Barbara Mikulski. Many of you know me as a United States Senator. But I started out as a community organizer. I organized people for self-help. So, as a United States Senator, as a proud member of Character Counts, and as a community organizer, I'm here to call for an action plan. Character Counts needs an action plan to teach young people to have character. And a sense of urgency must surround that action plan. We need to organize and mobilize. We need to get character education to […]
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 […]
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 […]
M. Jodi Rell
Speeches
Restoring Public Confidence Through Strong Leadership - Oct. 14, 2004
October 14, 2004
Good morning and thank you so much for inviting me to be here. It is a pleasure to be at the University of Connecticut on this autumn day. Connecticut's investment in higher education is a wise one and it is paying big dividends for our state. Thank you also for asking me to be a part of this splendid lecture series. Thanks to the generosity of Myles Martel, this lecture series focuses on leadership. It is a subject Dr. Martel knows well himself, having served as a debate advisor to […]
Cynthia A McKinney
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
In Opposition to Resolution to go to War in Iraq - Oct. 9, 2002
October 9, 2002
Thank you very much. I share the same revulsion that many others have towards Saddam Hussein. We all know that he’s brutal, and that his regime has terrorized the Iraqi people and the people of nearby countries. But there was a time not so long ago when despite all of this, we chose to allow him to be our friend. There was a time we supplied him with chemical weapons and other military technologies. If our nation really cared about Iraq's neighbors, we never would have supplied him the military […]
Barbara Mikulski
Speeches
Remarks to the Federal APAC - May 8, 1996
May 8, 1996
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for inviting me to speak today. I also want to say thank you to the Federal employees, who whether through snow, shut-down, melt-down, gridlock, or deadlock, were on the job. As a United States Senator, I have the honor to represent many flagship Federal agencies located both in the state of Maryland and in the District of Columbia, and I know how hard the employees work. I am confident that each and every one of you made enormous sacrifices to stay on the job during […]
Lisa Murkowski
categories: Speeches, State of State
Speech to Alaska Legislature - March 30, 2005
March 30, 2005
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, my friends and colleagues. It's great to be back in Juneau and back in this chamber. We have been busy in the 109th Congress, working on legislative reforms that have been pending for quite some time such as class action lawsuit reform and an update of America's bankruptcy code…Speaking of things that have been pending, how about that ANWR vote? March 16 was a big day for Alaska. It was the first time the Senate has passed ANWR legislation in ten years. It was a pretty […]
Lisa Murkowski
categories: Speeches, State of State
Speech to Alaksa Legislature - April 2, 2004
April 2, 2004
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, my friends and colleagues. Standing in this chamber, again, is a privilege. Since I stood here last year, I've flown over 250,000 miles between Alaska and DC, and I have flown thousands of miles across the state. My return to Juneau reminds me how much we are all on a common mission. Here and in Washington, we're trying to balance the budget. Here and in Washington we're working to keep our promises to our constituents and bring America new sources of energy. Here and in Washington, […]