estimate the 30th anniversary with a gathering of elected women who was a power even to them barbara mikulski had announced that she was retiring in she was introducing me i gave her a profile to be the first democratic woman ever elected to the senate by her own right for her first victory ended is so poignant at that moment than there was a lot of excitement because hillary had been officially decided she would run for president and at one point i said to the crowd the you want hillary? [laughter] i am smiling down there her and looking leniency policy. >> that was a fun night. >> i thought what must she be thinking? she is in this room with all these women. and doesn't get any bigger than that. has somehow had the power to determine more women elected to office in she had to do something about it. no more women simply their eyes of men we have to have a of a woman elected. >> i didn't think big thoughts i was frustrated in angry for the national women's political caucus with the equal rights amendment share the frustration why aren't there more women in office? with the district can track

now barbara mikulski used to laugh and say i do anything to get money. i had bakes bake sales for barbs, bowling for barb and barbecue for bar. women would give her five or $10 but that was it. we had to kind of show women that it would give to politicians that they wanted to support and we would tell them a lot about what was going on in the campaigns, what are we doing with the campaign so they had a lot of confidence about where they were investing. over the years we have turned emily's list into this powerful financial resource. about 90% of our funding comes from women. >> absolutely. if you could describe in a little detail, how you put together the information, how does that process work? >> we essentially invented political fundraising. back in the 80s, everybody got their money from committees. they have legislative agendas so they support incumbents. legally they can only give up to 5% of their election. our members were smart people. instead of just contributing, why don't we raise money for them. in the early days i would do events for emily'

all men except barb, barbara mikulski. i don't think she was -- she was there. the only one.knock on the door and they peek out a woman. hi. hi, we say. where seven women from the house democratic women. we want to come in and speak with the senators. at the minimum, senator mitchell. zero no she said. why? we don't let strangers in the senate. i wrote another book called strangers in the senate a long time ago. this is what he's talking about? we are not strangers. between us we have well over 100 years of its. we just want to talk to the senators. well, don't take offense she says she is she says. that's just a term of ours. anyone who's not a senators call a stranger. i've never heard that. be that as it may that's not what she said. i reached to the back of my mind. how are we going to get a meeting? i said you know, that is all well and good. but if we turn back and walked down the stairs now, there is a bank of cameras down there and we are going to tell them that we weren't able to see anybody. she said just a minute. she goes back and says okay, go in the side room an

among the lawmakers pushing it maryland's retiring senator barbara mikulski. >> so while everyone wants to offer condolences, we also want to offer solutions. >> the filibuster was led by chris murphy, who is furnishing for a no fly no buy bill blocking gun sales to individuals named on the government's "no fly" list. >>> we have an update on results from campaign 2016 here in the nation's capital. last night, hillary clinton won big in the presidential primary. locally, voters choose to reprays three sitting d.c. council members. in the at large raisin couple bent vincent orange to lost to robert white. he never held elected office. another newcomer will represent ward 8, white, who won over may. but in ward 7, he is no newcomer. former mayor vince gray won over yvette alexander. senator gray should be in our studios tonight. we are going to sit down with him, that's the plan, 101, a bit later in this broadcast. >>> a follow-up to a breaking story you saw here last night at 7:00. virginia police hunting for a group of heroes. they saw a tour bus flipped on its side on the gw parkway wi

that house floor tweeting their photos including eleanor edwards, chris van hollen and senators barbara mikulski and tim kaine. using the harsh tag no bill, no break which is the top trend on twitter. this story getting a lot of attention on the wusa9 facebook page. eric wrote, i don't care what the issue happens to be. what a bunch of babies. any of our founding fathers would have kicked them right out of the chambers and into the street for such behavior, inexcusable. and angie writes, republicans never worked together for the common good. it's their way or the highway. they never give an inch or budge. strict background checks is the way. and then richard writes that is why nothing ever gets done there, all talk and no action. we welcome you to join the conversation on wusa9 facebook page. >>> homeland security agents tonight suggesting one of their own intelligence analysts may have been planning to assassinate top leaders inside dhs's secure facility on nebraska avenue. he allegedly had camera, handcuffs, two way radios, a knife and pepper spray. they did let him continue to his office insi

these are clips from march 24, 2010, senator barbara mikulski speaking in favor, senator tom coburn who has left the senate now and a doctor speaking against the affordable care act. [video clip] >> but where i am also very excited and honored is because the role i played in making sure that we ended the punitive practices of insurance companies towards women. for too long, in too many ways, they treated simply being a woman as a pre-existing condition. so first of all, they charged us 30% to 40% more just to simply get insurance. then they would have the punitive practices of denying us health insurance for a pre-existing condition. in eight states, domestic violence was viewed as a pre-existing condition. you talk about being abused, you were abused by her husband, then you were abused by your insurance company. well, we are not going to be battered anymore by these companies. >> this is undoubtedly the greatest assault on liberty this country has ever had. and it is not direct. it is indirect. but it is what the senate from new hampshire talked about. if we are going to decide for yo

senator barbara mikulski is leaving the senate after 30 years. both supporters and opponents of the affordable care act described it as the largest domestic legislation sense the civil rights era of the johnson legislation. what goes into considering legislation this momentous? mr. frumin: the issue that swirled around health care was whether or not it could be filibustered or whether it derived a fast-track. there are expedited procedures provided under a number of different statues, the most notable the budget act which provides for a process called reconciliation and reconciliation bills cannot be filibustered. there has always been a push on proponents of major legislation to see if they cannot shoehorn it into a reconciliation bill that cannot be filibustered. our limitary in office pushes back against that impetus, going back into the early 90's. from a procedural standpoint, we advise the leadership on both sides of the aisle that a measure of this comprehensive nature was not appropriate for the reconciliation fast-track process and that

the democratic senators, barbara mikulski and tim kaine have joined the house members on the floor. many of whom have been giving speeches about how the gun violence impacted the community back home. >> now in the time to get in the way, the time to act is now. we will be silent no more. >> conspiracy of silence against tackling gun violence. we are not silent anymore. we are not bystanders anymore. that is what last week was about in the senate and today is about in the house. jeff: house republicans have no appetite to appease the democrats. not only calling the house to recess but many republicans say they have no interest in holding vote on the gun control legislation bills. the democra about. we are in the sixth hour of the sit-in. no signs at any point it will be stopping anytime soon. live on capitol hill, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: all right. thank you, jeff. see what plays out there. in the meantime we are following breaking news from arlington where the police closed down washington boulevard at second road south of route 50 near the gate at fort meyer if you know the

many times in politics, some of us who came in on your shoulders, on your 5-foot shoulders and barbara mikulski's as well, we talk about when you came in it was so much harder. i think for young people to read your story and understand what you went through, that was a time when most women were only expected to have a few job and that was secretary, teacher, nurse and that was it. in. in fact, you went over meeting stu, your husband who use been married to, in my mind, forever but you say this is one of my favorite quotes from the book, you say i often joke that stu married debbie reynolds and woke up with meyer. remember when we met. >> remember, girls, young women didn't have the kind of opportunities we now have today and that our daughters have today. i know you have a great one and i hope she's watching. so we had to settle for a lot less. wednesday met me, i was pursuing my dream of being an economics major. he knew that. he saw who you had. you got together for little parties. the men would be here talking about issues of the day and the women, just do not be perceived as uppity would be h

they democrats including barbara mikulski of maryland and tim kaine of virginia. here now that the sit-in began forcing house republicans to gavel the house out of session. >> the chair would ask members to please leave the well so the house may proceed with business and decorum. to clause 12a of rule one the house stands in recess subject to the call of the chair. jeff: certainly a chaotic scene inside the house. certainly unexpected when this all began at 11:30 this morning. 60 house democrats sitting down on the house floor, purning for votes on gun control legislation. they have repeatedly been chanting "no bill, no break." many house members posting pictures on twitter and facebook with the same hashtag. the cameras have been shut down inside the chamber. house democrats are control bills including legislation to prevent suspected terrorists from buying firearms, expanded background checks. some calling for vote eson assault weapons ban. many democrats are speaking in the chamber in the sit-in about the impact of gun violence in the home districts and calling

i would say that americans want more elected officials like senator barbara mikulski, who of publict champion funding and of enacting private sector incentives. she will be missed. we do hope that many new champions will be elected this season. our surveys further tell us that 77% of americans say it is important for the next president and next congress two & a high priority to putting health research innovation to work to ensure continued medical progress. robustis means is funding for the national institutes of health, the world's largest funder of the basic or discovery research and an institution that also funds clinical and prevention and transitional research around the country, as well as in the headquarter campus in bethesda, maryland. it tackles every disease and disability you can think of. in addition, the critical and underlying basic discovery science that can read and directions we cannot predict in advance. amazes most people to hear that the nih works to achieve the public's understandably high expectations for less than $100 per american, per year. 15% to 16%only bon

i do want to echo his spirit and the deference he gave to senator barbara mikulski and senator shelby. both of these two senators are people i respect a tremendous amount. in fact, i would go beyond that was senator shelby and senator michaels v. because i have deep affection for them both. they are great legislatures and they have produced legislation important to this country. i have a reference to their work. the attention to detail and the focus they have done preparing legislation to move forward. i ask for indulgence from them to understand why i stand on the floor today preparing to ask a question to senator murphy. senator murphy and i last night talked about the tragedy that happened in florida. it was painful to both of us because we knew that this was not in any way an anomaly. that this was something happening but terrible, savage root teen is nation we are seeing mass killing after mass killing after mass killing after mass killing. understood that our nation right now as with other colleagues stands at a point of vulnerability to those who do us harm, those who seek to i

barbara mikulski is adding resources to the fbi as part of the package that we need, sensible background lists and don't let people on the terror watch list to purchase weapons and let's get some resources to the fbi so they can do their jobs. >> what are you more concerned about right now, a mass shooting or a terrorist attack or both? >> i think you always have to be on the lookout for both. we know we have seen these mass shootings, and you've pointed out various motivations and one size doesn't fit all when it comes to the solutions. part of of this is dismantling terrorist groups like isis and al shabab, where they are and also stopping them at home. we've just had three convictions just last week in minnesota in federal court for people that were trying to join isis so we're well aware of the need to go after these kinds of cases and to work with the muslim community. the muslim community is a really important part of our community in minnesota. we have the biggest somali community. we're proud of that. they work with us on these kinds of cases and in these kinds of investigations,

i remember barbara mikulski saying to you at the time, you talk about the art of the tough, you are giving and she told you a lot of women are looking out their window for prince charming and i'm looking for more women senators. don't you love her. she said it's not about gender it's in about agenda. she'd say it's not about macro economics it's about macaroni and cheese economics. i wasn't always easy. there was the house banking scandal that you had nothing to do with it. there was this investigation of every member that had their money there. they were trying to use that against you. >> at one point you decided i don't know if i want to keep running. then stu came was a great family story. >> yes. all tell it quickly. the house bank scandal, to to make it brief, this is what it was. the house bank wasn't really a bank. it didn't operate like a bank. in other words when you put your check in its hook them days before they credit it. i didn't know that. they never told us that. so i wrote a rent check and paid for my mother's medicine or whatever i was doing and two weeks later everything

i support the colleagues involved in it, and they will find no obstructionism in barbara mikulski. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: mr. president, first of all, i ask unanimous consent that james kelly, a member of my staff, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. moran: mr. president, thank you very much. mr. president, i now ask to be recognized. the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. moran: mr. president, thank you very much again. a number of my colleagues, both republican and democrat from the senate veterans' affairs committee were on the floor just a few moments ago. and i'd like to join them in expressing genuine concern about continued developments at the department of veterans affairs. many of us remember the tremendous circumstances that our veterans found themselves in at hospitals across the country with long waiting lines, with lists that were inappropriate, didn't really exist in an effort to, i supp

these are clips from march 26, .010, senator barbara mikulski senator coburn, who has left the senatea doctor speaking against the affordable care act. >> i am honored because the role that i play in making sure that the punitive practices of insurance companies towards women. for too long, and in too many ways, they treated simply being a woman as a pre-existing condition. first of all, they church -- they charge us 30% to 40% more simply to get insurance. then they would have the punitive practices of denying us health insurance for a pre-existing condition. in eight states, domestic as ance was viewed pre-existing condition. you talk about being abuse? husband,bused by her and then your insurance company. we are not going to be battered anymore by these companies. >> this is the greatest assault on liberty this country has ever had. this country has ever had. it's not the government will be in charge of everybody's health care. process, to watch it from soup to nuts, essentially. few things happen very quickly in the institution. --n there is some big event or a senator mcconnell s

appropriationappropriations apps committee, barbara mikulski.the reed amendment, the mikulski amendment would provide the same extra support for the middle class that senator mccain is demanding for the pentagon. and it recognizes that our security depends on more than just the defense department. the reed amendment has in our funding to fight the zika virus and would also fight the lead in flint, michigan. this amendment strengthens domestic security through the department of homeland security and will improve airport security and community policing and will address the threat of cybercrime and terrorism. the amendment of the senator from rhode island and the senator from maryland will create jobs and address our nation's crumbling infrastructure. it will improve not only our transportation system but medical facilities for our veterans and our national park system. but the reed amendment is also an investment in our future. the legislation will promote science and innovation through support for the national institutes of health, national scien

i do want to echo his really spirit and the deference he gave to senator barbara mikulski and senator shelby. both of these two senators are people i respect a tremendous amount. in fact, i would go beyond that with senator sheb and senator mikulski because i have a deep affection for them both. they are great, strong legislators, and they have produced legislation that is important to this country. i have a reverence for their work, the attention to detail and the focus they have done preparing legislation to move forward, and i ask for indulgence from them to understand why i stand on the floor today preparing to ask a question to senator murphy. senator murphy and i last night talked about the tragedy of what happened in florida. it was painful to both of us because we knew that this was not in any way an anomaly, that this was something happening with terrible, savage routine, that in this nation we are seeing mass killing after mass killing after mass killing after mass killing, and we both understood that our nation right now, as with other of our colleagues, stands at a point o

i do want to echo his really spirit and the deference he gave to senator barbara mikulski and senator shelby. both of these two senators are people i respect a tremendous amount. in fact, i would go beyond that with senator sheb and senator mikulski because i have a deep affection for them both. they are great, strong legislators, and they have produced legislation that is important to this country. i have a reverence for their work, the attention to detail and the focus they have done preparing legislation to move forward, and i ask for indulgence from them to understand why i stand on the floor today preparing to ask a question to senator murphy. senator murphy and i last night talked about the tragedy of what happened in florida. it was painful to both of us because we knew that this was not in any way an anomaly, that this was something happening with terrible, savage routine, that in this nation we are seeing mass killing after mass killing after mass killing after mass killing, and we both understood that our nation right now, as with other of our colleagues, stands at a point o

at lunch a few minutes we heard from senator barbara mikulski. she talked about the battle she fought for years for women to get medical research. research was being done only on men. thank goodness senator mikulski spoke up. they went to the department of defense and said we want you to focus on breast cancer, if you will, for the emerging role of women in our military and they did with dramatic results. now comes a suggestion from chairman mccain that we should put an end to this research. we should burden it with more red tape. i don't think that makes sense. it certainly doesn't make sense for the many women serving the military and the spouses of the men who serve the military who certainly understand the importance of this research. d.o.d.-funded research developed the leading neurocognitive tests for diagnosing parkinson's disease. department of defense research. that research also identified additional genetic risk factors tor developing the disease, including two rare variants we now know connect the risks for parkinson's with traumatic i