mikulski: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that our remarks regarding the passing of skwrer dean tper -- of geraldine ferraro appear at an appropriate place in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i also ask that the following senators be permitted to speak for five minutes each: senators -- on the subject of geraldine ferraro: senators boxer, hutchison, stabenow, shaheen. i don't know if the gentlelady from maine wishes to speak at this time or another time about -- would you like to speak at this time? let me reiterate the unanimous consent. the following senators be permitted to speak for five minutes each: boxer, hutchison, stabenow, shaheen, snowe. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: thank you. mr. president, we come tohe floor with a heavy heart and great sadness. geraldine ferraro, a former member of the united states house of r

mikulski: mr.nt, i so ask that the following senators be permitted to speak for five minutes each: senators -- on the subject of geraldine ferraro: senators boxer, hutchison, stabenow, shaheen. i don't know if the gentlelady from maine wishes to speak at this time or another time about -- would you like to speak at this time? let me reiterate the unanimous consent. the following senators be permitted to speak for five minutes each: boxer, hutchison, stabenow, shaheen, snowe. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: thank you. mr. president, we come to the floor with a heavy heart and great sadness. geraldine ferraro, a former member of the united states house of representatives, a congresswoman from new york, who was the first woman to be nominated by a major party for vice president, has lost her gallant and persistent fight against cancer and has passed away. i really thank the leadership for offering a resolution noting the many contributions that she made to america and express t

president, senators mikulski and murray, senator cantwell and shaheen and stabenow and landrieu. i'm going to really name every single democratic woman. they - have been unbelievable. our republican friends in the house have insisted this debate is about spending. well, i've got to tell you, we went all the way to them about 70% plus on spending cuts. we understand we have to cut, but we're not going to cut foolishly. we're not going to cut into the heart and soul of our country, and that includes women's health programs. women's health programs, mr. president, title 10, planned parenthood funding. for every dollar of taxpayer funds they yield $4, that's how great the prevention is. and, yet, still what do they want to do? you see these two riders. these two votes we have to have until they would allow us to have a vote on keeping the government open. they pounded the table and say we have to have two riders. what was it? was it some big budgetary item that maybe we joaferred looked? was it -- overlooked? was it some move that would say to the taxpayers that aren't paying their t

and while federal workers are likely to get back pay once a shutdown ends, senator barbara mikulski says private contractors working for the government won't be so lucky. >> many of them are veterans who started small- to medium-sized businesses. these people, if there is a government shutdown, will not get paid. hello! >> reporter: but house republicans are holding out for deeper budget cuts, in part to satisfy demands from tea party activists who want to tame government deficits. house speaker john boehner said there was some progress in talks on a spending plan for the rest of this year, but house republicans are also planning to vote tomorrow to delay a shutdown by one-week. >> we're going to fight for the largest spending cuts and the policy riders that were attached to them, because we believe cutting spending will lead to a better environment for job creation. >> reporter: democrats have opposed another short-term spending extension, and the president says it's time to move forward. >> susie: darren joins us now with more on the budget battle. hi, darren. let's get right to it. do

mikulski: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, my colleague has talked about one disease in washington but i'm going to talk about another disease that seems to be running rampant over in the house republican caucus and that is hypocrisy. hypocrisy. and the reason i say that is that they say one thing and they mean another. they say one thing and they deceive the american public. now, we're narrowly -- now, ordinarily i wouldn't comment on the behavior or the tribal wares of the republican caucus, but they've had a field day on tv kind of ridiculing the senate, kind of ridiculing the democratic senate, essentially doing a lot of name-calling. now, i'm not doing name-calling. i'm going to do fact describing. the reason i call it "hypocrisy" is this. what they say they want to do, which is reduce government spending, they don't. what they -- they only do it on particular groups of people. and the other is something called the consequences of the shutdown. let me just say this. they want to cut spending but they're unwilli

president, senators mikulski and murray, senator cantwell and shaheen and stabenow and landrieu.i'm going to really name every single democratic woman. they - have been unbelievable. our republican friends in the house have insisted this debate is about spending. well, i've got to tell you, we went all the way to them about 70% plus on spending cuts. we understand we have to cut, but we're not going to cut foolishly. we're not going to cut into the heart and soul of our country, and that includes women's health programs. women's health programs, mr. president, title 10, planned parenthood funding. for every dollar of taxpayer funds they yield $4, that's how great the prevention is. and, yet, still what do they want to do? you see these two riders. these two votes we have to have until they would allow us to have a vote on keeping the government open. they pounded the table and say we have to have two riders. what was it? was it some big budgetary item that maybe we joaferred looked? was it -- overlooked? was it some move that would say to the taxpayers that aren't paying their ta

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commerce event with the secretary lot, dean sperling, the president's adviser on the economy, senator mikulski group of people that we had there to talk about the national strategy for trusted identity into cyberspace and that even you was probably one of the best ones going. but also, the fact that it's in the department of commerce and led by some of the work with the national institute of standards and technology is once again a true indicator of how important this is to the economy, to businesses as well as the national security as well. when we convene that the u.s. chamber with our private sector partners in attendance, it also showed very clearly this is not a government led the effort, this is a private sector effort, and working with the private sector to create this ecosystem as we call at is key to its success. so, many of you in this room participate in some form or fashion with like consider to be an open process as we went through with the idea of creating some kind of trusted identity into cyberspace, creating a draft last summer, getting feedback from many people in the securit

mikulski: well, then my time is up. maybe the senate's not paying attention, but the american people are paying attention. and i'm telling you, this is a situation of enormous negative consequences, and i think we're going to rue the day the way we're functioning here. we need to come to the table, and we need to sit around and act like rational human beings. madam president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: madam president, as congress and the obama administration grapples with how to responsibly address our long-term deficit, something that the senator from maryland has talked so eloquently about, we need to remember why it's so important to get on a path to balanced budgets. we need to address the long-term deficit because this deficit is a threat to america's future prosperity. economic growth and jobs, that's why the deficit matters. the deficit is not just some math problem where it's solved if the numbers add up right. the choices we make, which spend program

from california, barbara boxer; senator gillibrand, senator franken, senator lautenberg, senator mikulski, others who have spoken out in favor of title 10 and planned parenthood funding. the unreality of that debate reflects a failure to appreciate what these dollars mean to the women who depend on these services. they are women who can't afford the kind of screening for cancer and cholesterol and other problems that is so vital to preventing those problems that cost us all larger dollars if they go untreated. these services arevite aol to the testing for other kinds of problems that may be more expensive to treat, if they are not dealt with. and, of course, contraception that prevents exactly the kinds of problems or issues that many in this body have focused on. in connecticut alone, we're talking about more than 60,000 patients served by planned parenthood, including 30,000 title 10 patients, 18 health centers that are in peril by this rider or the conditions that would be attached; almost 100,000 preventive screenings and testings that are vitally important to low-income women and men

when senator mikulski led us on the floor of the senate, we all came together on behalf of women. is now part of health care. it is well past time to come together and finally agree on a budget so that we can focus on the issues affecting real families everyday. it is time to get back to relentless focus on jobs. now, it is my pleasure to introduce a great friend, a champion, and cohort on the finance committee with me. >> thank you, debbie. it is great to be here with my women colleagues. i can tell you this, these women are a mighty line of defense against cutting planned parenthood. america is hurting. our economy is suffering. we need to be focusing on job creation. yes, we need a budget that says that we can live within our means, but this was not a budget impasse on fiscal issues. this is a budget stalemate on those who will not budge unless their social agenda is jammed through congress. it is not in the mainstream view of america to cut planned parenthood. what people are proposing is an extreme view of the 11th hour of where government might shut down. planned parenthood

i am going to turn it over to senator barbara mikulski, who for women time and time again. been a beacon of light, stand strong with all of us today. we face the terrible lose their paycheck, hundreds of thousands , and jeopardize in an torpedoing the economy, we are headed for the of the over money, not because debate over cuts, but continue push a radical against women. one of the most upstanding and how to achieve a more frugal government. is that the funding of planned parenthood. of planned parenthood. what does reduces the opportunities for women. it does not reduce federal spending. so we are opposing that, just as have fought their radical agenda. what is so troubling is, the democrats have made significant steps and compromises on the money. we are now 75% at where they wanted to cut the budget. cut, and we made cuts in their terrain, taking it out of discretionary funding. go is eliminating health care for women. mistake, this entire has included throwing women and children under the bus. plan plan parenthood in my state. planned parenthood in my state. a lot of i

national service or volunteerism without thanking and recognizing our colleague, senator barbara mikulski from my neighboring state of delaware. she has has been a leader on volunteers, most of them alongside the late-senator ted kennedy. and i am proud to be working with her to fight to save our national service programs. when delaware's tireless governor was sworn no office in 2009 he decided to forego the traditional governor's inaugural ball and he along with his wonderful wife instead organized a week of service projects across our state. today that week of service continues and has become a tremendous opportunity for nonprofit organizations, community service organizations across our state to connect with delawareans excited about teaching our children the value of volunteerism, connecting with our neighbors and helping improve and strengthen our community. i've long believed that those who engage in volunteerism and service to others in fact get more out of it than they put into it. volunteerism is a fundamental part of what it means to be american. it is a great, some would say th