senator mikulski i know senator mikulski has to leave and before you do i want to be sure we say a thankou very much for your leadership and for being here today. thank you. [applause] [applause] and just as senator mikulski makes her way out of the room i didn't know if there were any questions. what i want to hear from everybody is that you are ready to work on this. are we ready to work on this? and. [applause] leader pelosi they couldn't be more perfect timing because on saturday in prince george's county the women's commission -- another wreck presented its here. we are going to have how many? 500 women? 700 women who will be at our women's commission meeting talking about these issues on saturday. the women who were here in this room get to take this message out to them. thank you all very much and i'm looking right here because i know that's going to happen come to write? excellent. maybe we have a chance for a couple of questions. yes, maam. why don't you use the microphone right here. >> good afternoon. my name is simone and i'm the president and founder of all the love which se

[applause] >> senator mikulski, i know she >> senator mikulski, i know she has to leave. before you do, i want to say a very special thank you for your leadership and for being here today. thank you. [applause] and just as senator mikulski makes her way out of the room, i didn't know if there were any questions. what i want to hear from everybody is that you're ready to work on this. are we ready to work on this? [applause] and leader pelosi couldn't be more perfect timing because on saturday, here in prince george's county, the women's commission -- i know there are representatives here, we are going to have how many, 500 women? 700 women who are going to be at our women's commission meeting talking about these issues on saturday, and so the women who are here in this room get to take this message out to them. and so thank you already very much. i'm looking right here because i know that's going to happen, right? excellent. and so -- maybe we have a chance for a couple of questions. yes, ma'am. >> hi. >> why don't you use the microphone right over here? thanks. >> good a

[applause] >> thank you very much senator mikulski. that's right when off tough job, give it to somebody who can get it done. you know as you can hear the idea of an economic agenda for women that really envisioned quality affordable and accessible child care that envisioned equal pay for equal work and raising the minimum wage and expanding opportunities for women and the idea of providing family and medical leave so women have the fleblingts they need to make sure they and their families succeed and there's been no of this agenda when women and sisters succeed after 25 years in the house just inducted into the women's hall of fame say congratulations our leader, former speaker going to be speaker again nancy pelosi. [applause] >> good morning everyone. i hasten to add when i was inducted into the hall of fame last weekend i was following the footsteps of the longest serving woman in congress senator barbra mikulski who preceded me and i was so honored, barbra, you know how it was to be joined by 19 house democratic women members and

mikulski: madam president, i ask the call of the quorum be vacated. the presiding officer: without objection. misdemeanorms. mikulski: madam , as you know, we're only two hours now from a shutdown. and i'm sure for those who are mesmerized by our behavior saw a group of senators here on the floor and we looked like we were smiling and enjoying ourselves. now, madam president, let me tell you what was going on. senators were actually having a conversation. we were talking about, is there a possibility of a compromise? what you saw there is what i would hope eventually would become a committee of 100, people actually thinking, what could get us to a situation where we could begin to focus on the fiscal problems of the united states. there is a difference between the house continuing -- the house appropriations bill, the senate. i chair that committee. so there is -- there is a difference with us. but what i wanted people to see here is that there are good people on both sides of the aisle who would like to get something done. and the first thing we woul

mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i speak -- have permission to speak up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: mr. president, there is a misguided myth out there -- all myths -- not all myths are misguided, but this myth is the fact that there are those that will be that government shutdown is actually saving us money. i'm not going to go into all those details why that's not true, but i can tell you one area where a government shutdown is absolutely being negatively impacted in protecting the taxpayer dollar and fulfilling the mission of the agency, particularly in social security, medicare, and veterans benefits and some others. mr. president, you were an attorney general of the ocean state, rhode island. you know -- and you were also a u.s. attorney. you know about scammers and schemers. you know that where there's need, there's greed. and where there are large gove

mikulski: mr.nt? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, may the call of the quorum be vacated? the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: mr. president, what is the pending status on the senate floor? the presiding officer: the senate is on the motion to proceed to s. 1569. ms. mikulski: thank you very much, mr. president. i rise then to speak for approximately ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: mr. president, we're 33 hours away from the possible default of the united states of america on its debt obligations. we are 33 hours away from the possibility of the united states of america becoming a deadbeat nation, not paying its bills to its own people and other creditors. we are 33 hours away from our t bills becoming a junk bond. mr. president, it is unacceptable that our t bills, our treasury bills should move to a junk bond status. we have got to get rid of that and we've got to get rid of the junk talk that's g

[laughter] senator mikulski, i heard it. [laughter] i want to take a moment to introduce our next guest, mao rein evans arthur graduated in may >> from the university of maryland with a ba and gender studies and political science. she was the first generation college student that went back too school after being a state at home mom for two years. she this to engage in some important financial considerations. pay the tuition or pay the daycare. so i would like that welcome the stage maureen evans arthur. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. so as congressman edwards said. in may i became the first person in my family to attend college. [applause] thank you. but it wasn't necessarily easy and almost didn't happen because of the extremely high cost of child care. so today i stand before you not only as a research fellow, but also as a mother of a 7-year-old boy named noah. as he stated the first two years of my life i have a stay-at-home mom. when i decided it was time to go back to school. i applied, rights letters, and essen

barbara mikulski is not stopping it. six tea party republicans have stopped the ability of the united states senate to go to the house to negotiate a budget. free the budget committee. free the budget committee. why is that so important? because they not only come up with an overall budget in discretionary spending, mandatory spending, and revenues, but they put a cap on we appropriators. one of the things that comes out of a budget agreement is they set the total number, the total amount of money that the appropriations committee can spend on discretionary spending. to the shock of everybody, there is actually a cap on discretionary spending established by the budget committee. that's been the rule of the budget act going back since the 1970's. i would accept the cap that would be agreed upon on a duely -- duly constituted process established by the rules of the house and the senate, which is you pass a budget, you meet in conference, you come back, you give the appropriators what they call the 30 2us 2-a, the total --

. >>> coming up, democratic senator barbara mikulski joins us and we'll put it to her straight. washington win back the trust of americans? stay with us. >>> but all my friends in congress, understand that how business is done in this town has to change. because we've all got a lot to do on behalf of the american people, and that includes the hard work of regaining their trust. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ohhh...oh boy! i'm falling. everybody look out! ahhhhh...ugh. little help here. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. anybody? >>> the president concluded his speech today with a special thank you to the nation's federal workforce. it wasn't just that they have endured a three-year pay freeze nor that last night's deal gave them one that's still less than the current rate of inflation. no, it was the spectacle of republicans who daily berated federal workers at national monuments and e

mikulski: i ask that the call of the quorum be vai vacated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: madam president, i rise today to talk about once again where we are, where we ought to be, and where i hope we'll be. madam president, right now it is now 8:30 at night. we are 3 1/2 hours -- 3 1/2 hours essentially until the government begins to shut down. can you believe this? we are the united states of america. we are a superpower. we're supposed to be a nation governed by rule of law and we're about to shut -- shut down. not shut us down because of a catastrophic event that hit us. it's not like a meteor has streaked across the sky and hit the united states of america, taking out our power grid and rendering us powerless. autoit's not like we've been hiy a global pandemic that would bring us to our knees. we are in an act of self self-inducement about to shut down the functioning of the united states of america's government. i find this shocking. now, i lived through this in the mid-1990's. it is deeply disturbing to the peo

[applause] >> senator mikulski, i know she has to leave. before you do, i want to say a very special thank you for your leadership and for being here today. thank you. [applause] and just as senator mikulski makes her way out of the room, i didn't know if there were any questions. what i want to hear from everybody is that you're ready to work on this. are we ready to work on this? [applause] and leader pelosi couldn't be more perfect timing because on saturday, here in prince george's county, the women's commission -- i know there are representatives here, we are going to have how many, 500 women? 700 women who are going to be at our women's commission meeting talking about these issues on saturday and so the women who are here in this room get to take this message out to them. and so thank you already very much. i'm looking right here because i know that's going to happen, right? excellent. and so -- maybe we have a chance for a couple of questions. yes, ma'am. >> hi. >> why don't you use the microphone right over here? thanks. >> good af

mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr.president, i ask unanimous consent that senator levin be the next democratic speaker following senator schumer's remarks. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. ms. mikulski: thank you very much, mr. president. before i go into my comments, i want to express my thanks to the capitol police, to the secret service, and all who responded to yesterday's pretty scary and dramatic incident. i also want to express my hope that the injured capitol police officer quickly and fully recovers. and to the little girl that's now been left without her mother, i just hope that all of this great tragedy that unfolds we give the support to the people who really have suffered from this. mr. president, my colleague from texas has laid out a vision of how he would like to see the day end. he would like to see the day end funding v.a., n.i.h., open the park service, and i think there was one more item. but i'll stick with those three. n.i.h., f.d.a., and v.a. he would like to see at t

senator barbara mikulski received one of them at her baltimore office. it forced 10 staffers into isolation. and wasted time. the letter said there was a 20% chance she'd be exposed to the lethal poiseong. -- poison. letters were also sent to comedians, john stewart and steve colbert. carlson will be sentenced february 4th. back to you, vic? >> carlson faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. >>> another computer glitch crashes the obama care website overnight. it was only partially resolved, as health secretary kathleen sebelius is grilled about healthcare.gov. derek valcourt has more on how the site is updating marylanders. but first, danielle nottingham reports on the face-off between sebelius and frustrated people. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius says they are working 24/7 to get health care.gov working properly. >> you deserve better. i apologize. >> she blamed the problems with a problem with the verizon server but said she is ultimately responsible. >> i am as frustrated and angry as anyone. >> reporter: cbs o

through the chair, interjecting his thoughts here because i have listened to him and to senator mikulski throughout this ordeal. and the senator's right. i have been on the floor quite a lot and the reason is clear -- we need to make a record so that this never, ever, ever, ever happens again. there's a reason we haven't had a shutdown since the last one when newt gingrich and the republicans brought it to us in the 1990's -- because it was horrible. they got hurt by it. we begged them not to go down this road. they went down the road. and why? because they didn't like the fact that there's an affordable care act. they didn't like it. so they stamped their foot and said, we're shutting down government because we don't like it. we begged them. we said, that's not going to help your -- this affordable care act, 85% of the funds don't come from appropriated funds. they come from a separate stream of funding and the bill and the law is going forward. they wouldn't listen. and now they've changed their tune and decided it's about guttinaboutcutting social securd medicare and medicaid. and my

he is accused of mailing letters to mikulski and several other lawmakers in february 2012. the letters contained white powder, causing major concerns about bioterror attacks. carlson was caught after his wife reported to police that he had laced envelopes with a mixture of corn starch and celery salt. mary? >> denise, thank you. of about 100 letters sent out, most went to u.s. senators and members of congress. wjz is following a developing story. an employee at a city school, under investigation for lacing cookies with marijuana, is arrested on gun charges. a teacher, as i should say. several students at the reach partnership school got sick last week, after eating cookies, made with marijuana. according to our media partner, the baltimore sun, while police were investigating that incident, they searched the home of 40-year-old clyde tatum, a convicted felon. according to charging documents, a handgun was found in his home, within reach of children. tatum is being held on $350,000 bond for being a felon in possession of a handgun. he has not been charged in the cookie incid

. >> reporter: in the maelstrom of modern washington politics, barbara mikulski is no slouch. >> furloughving woman senator has long protected her fellow women. >> there are more women sitting on which chair than have served in all of american history when i arrived. >> reporter: mikulski told cnn she's been running a power dinner for years for women senators, republican and democrat. >> usually it's been every man for himself but i'm going to be every woman, each one teach one. >> reporter: it was at one of those dinners that women senators developed the kernel of the deal that ended the shutdown. >> we sparked the dialogue that did not exist before we put out a plan. >> reporter: newly elected members of the senate sisterhood all seemed to have a story of sexist shenanigans, pushed out of senator-only elevators, mistaken for wives, ordered off the senate floor, but maybe that has helped bring them together. >> they built up personal relationships that really hearken back to a different time in the senate. >> reporter: georgetown university professor michele swirz just finished a book ca

he's accused of mailing letters to mikulski and other lawmakers in february 2012. the letters contained white powder, causing major dinner concern about bioterror attacks. the powder was then deemed harmless. >>> sex, drugs and gang activity, all behind bars. another guilty plea in the scandal at the city jail. vic is live in the newsroom with the latest on this high- profile scandal. vic? >> a police officer pleads guilty to her role in the scheme. 26-year-old kimberly dennis helped the black guerrilla gang operation smuggle drugs into the city detention center. prosecutors say she also had a sexual relationship with two gang members while sharon behind bars. in addition to the seven officers, three other defendants in the case had pleaded guilty to racketeering charges, including the gang's leader at the jail, tevon white. >> the scandal caused a major review of operations inside that city jail. >> an investigation is under way into a deadly fire in northwest baltimore. firefighter were called to the home in the 3800 block of hilton road. the 88-year-old homeowne

senator mikulski talked about the impact of different agencies. the fact that the environmental protection agency has 93% of their workers on furlough, we site n important economic in downtown baltimore, harbor point, a major economic site. it's a rcra site. they need the economic plans to -- plan signoff to go forward. that's an economic hold. that's no way to run a government. it's not just our region. as leader reid pointed out, the entire country is at risk. colorado just is starting to recover from the floods that really hurt its economy. this shutdown is having the same impact that the flood had on the economy of colorado. the big difference is you can't -- you got to plan for natural disasters but you can't stop them. this is a government-created problem that government needs to solve. so our message is simple. speaker boehner, take the gun out of the head of this nation. stop your tactics. open government. pay our bills and let's negotiate a budget under the normal process. democrats have asked for that for six months. we're ready to talk

democratic senator barbara mikulski is joining us, democratic senator from maryland.ning us. i assume you're pleased with this deal. >> first of all, wolf, here at the capitol it, there's a real sense of relief that we're actually going to reopen government and we're actually have the united states of america pay its bills and that we're going to get back to work solving the long-term fiscal issues of our country and also promoting a pro growth, pro jobs approach to our physical situation. i chair the appropriations committee and look forward to working across the aisle and meeting their deadlines and really joining the middle of the roaders here in the senate to get help help middle class americans. >> so as far as you can see here, it's going to be january 15th. that's when the government will remain fully open, potentially there could be another shutdown january 15th. debt ceilinging will be raised until february 7th. are we going to go through this agonizing ordeal in january and february one more time, senator? >> well, it's going to be a very tight schedule. but

and i have to tell you that what we have on the senate side, when you talk about barbara mikulski and patty murray, you're talking about women with experience, women with backgrounds who have gone through any number of struggles in their lifetime here in the senate of the united states of america. and they bring with them a perspective that i think is well received and well respected by others. and when they speak, others listen. and i think what you will find with those of us who have fought very hard to get here, who have gone through a lot of struggles in order to reach our leadership roles, we really do have influence, we really do have a perspective that's respected, and i really do think we make a difference in both of these houses. >> now, i want to talk to you finally here, congresswoman, about health care. as you know, while the republicans have moved off of their mission for now to defund the health care law, it's no secret that the healthcare.gov website is having some difficulties technically in terms of its capacity, in terms of individuals using it. in fact here's what r

schumer, murray, baucus, mikulski, warner, cardin, klobuchar, whitehouse, stabenow. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. and i rise here because we are getting very close to a time of crisis. perhaps one of the greatest economic crises this country has known. i have many good friends on the other side of the aisle, and i don't doubt for a moment their motivation, their desire and their love of country. it's every bit as strong as those of us on this side of the aisle. and so i make a heartfelt plea. we must come together and avoid a default of the united states. many have said, i've heard some even say on the other side that default doesn't matter. or it doesn't mean much. well, let me explain the danger. there is a very real chance that if we default, there will be a recession greater than what occurred in 2008 and all too real a possibility it could put us into a depression. let me explain why. what happened in 2008 was s

barbara mikulski is quick to point out is just a start. >> another tragedy, we have to reopen the fda. this is not the way the greatest government in the world should operate. both furloughed government employees. leastlooks like at another week of this and going into a second month, we would have to think about -- >> we would have to seriously start exploring options. thatey can't agree

mikulski: thank you, madam president. well, i think we're growing weary. i think we're growing weary of the gridlock, deadlock, hammerlock on our government. i think we're growing weary of the partisan posturing by one faction in one party in one house. the american people want us to reopen government so that government should be meeting the national security needs of the united states, protecting the safety of the people of tunes, meeting -- of the united states and meeting jobs like in physical infrastructure and laying the groundwork for jobs tomorrow investing in research and development. the american people want a government that works as hard as they do and so do i. instead of working hard to serve our veterans or our elderly or promoting a growing economy, here we are in the shutdown of the government. now, towz is going -- the house is is going through sending us bills that on the first blush seem attractive. i mean who doesn't support our national guard? who doesn't want to fund n.i.h.? i certainly do. n.i.h. is located in my state. i'm so proud o

i am very disappointed that the 12 of us led by senator collins, senator ion the, senator mikulski, senator marchion-- we had a plan, and we wanted to present that plan. and the democrat leadership squashed it. we were ready to go to the press gallery, and the democratic leadership said no. and i still wonder why, unless maybe it was too generous. so i'm hopeful that we will get negotiations. i hope the president will become engaged. maybe we need to get joe biden owment of the witness protection program because he has good relationships withw-- >> schieffer: we haven't heard very much from him. let me ask you this, senator, do you think it is possible to get a deal that does not get a majority of the republicans in the house of representatives? >> you know, i don't know, and i hate to tell the house republicans what they should to. they resent it it, and i understand that. i once once in the house and thought we were a bunch of snobs, which is probably true. the fact is they're going to have to understand that we're on a fool's err abando fool's errand when we say we're going to defund oba

mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i rise to respectfully say that we in the united states senate and we in the united states congress have to do what our constituents elected us to do and that what the constitution requires us to do: keep the united states government open and make sure the united states of america pays its bills. to do that, we are open to negotiation and examining a variety of ideas. but the main ideas go through the regular order in the committee process. we can keep open the government. we can meet our responsibility on the public debt if we embark upon two solutions, and they are in the hands of the other party. we call upon the house to pass the senate continuing funding resolution that would reopen government, keep it going for -- until november 15. no long-term solution. get to it right now. keep it funding at 2013 levels, acknowledging the sequester level. that was a big compromise. i compromised, as the chair of the appropriations committee, to move that continuing funding resoluti

signed by 17 senators as follo follows -- reid of nevada, baucus, murray, schumer, durbin, mikulski, whitehouse, udall of colorado, nelson, boxer, tester, schatz, cardin, gillibrand, cantwell, kaine and warren. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that we now proceed to pay period of morning business, senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to calendar number 199. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 199, s. 1276, a bill to increase oversight of the revolving fund of the office of personnel management and so forth the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: without objection. viemed a.m. sorry to interrupt. the i ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendment be agreed to, the carper title a

been chairman and ranking member of the different committees with dianne feinstein, with barbara mikulski, and we have a way of getting down to business kind of like douglas macarthur said. we are organized, we kind of say, okay, here's where i am, you tell me where you are. and then it's not that we compromise principles. we stand for our principles, but we're able to move forward and do so many important things by allowing the basics of negotiation which are that both sides can win something and move an agenda forward. and then you have the people to decide if you are going in the right direction because thank heavens we have great elections that give the people the chance to say yes or no. [applause] >> governor health care ogg -- hogg had a couple daughters, and i was wondering what their contribution to texas was. >> governor health care otg. -- hotg. >> he had actually one, ima, who did give a great contribution to our state. he was the governor of texas, and ima has given so much to the history and culture of our state. the home that she had in houston is called biobend, and it is

(tweets from nws) ((sot-mikulski)) <3:48 this is hurricane season. hurricane sandy happened in october.> at a briefing wednesday maryland senator barbara mikluski driving home the importance of meteorologists like amy fritz. (mikliski and fritz) ((sot-amy fritz)) <4:51: i have built and developed the models that predict storm surge from events like sandy that still sits in the hearts of many of us and yet i am not able to do my job.> the goodard space flight center is about two minutes down this road---as you can see it's blocked because of the government shutdown. that means possible lifesaving data is not being collected. one thing researchers do there...3d mapping...it's used by forecasters to predict the strength of storms. ((sot-amy fritz)) <5:10 right now, we're making critical improvements to those models and i want to get back to work.> while the national weather service remains functional, hundreds of weather service employees like fritz are no longer on the job and some social media outlets haven't been u

senator mikulski has taken the lead on, the paycheck fairness act.ry, women make 77% of what men make for the same job, same kind of work. you can work for january, february, march for free compared to what your mayoral counterpart doing the same job. we have to pass that. go back to what i said every emphasized as we go forward, this was about we pass lily that matter, the first bill the president signed. we finally now have a president to sign it, so that was a beautiful, passionate and he wanted that to be a signature issue for him and that was great. as the senator said, that is about what recourse you have. it's not about establishing that he should by law have to pay. and then we had the paycheck fairness in the house and senate. congresswoman rosa delauro has been our leader on this subject and senator mikulski has been in the senate, not only sponsor, the champion. and then you talk about pay fee. it has been said family medical leave is a great thing. 20 years ago, senator barbara is one of the first bill president clinton signed. we been wo

we just left a press conference where the senator mikulski of maryland, spoke about the impact on the local economy of the loss of these jobs. i could tell stories of illinois come of 50,000 federal workers. we were in the midst of a terrible accident last week right before october 1, a train ran into one of our metro trains coming back from the airport. 30 people were sent to the hospital. the national transportation safety board went out to investigate the accident. they had to leave at midnight on october 1. we will pick out the vital functions of government. so far, all of the bills passed by the house of representatives represent only 18% of the domestic as cautionary budget of the united states. all of those combined. each day, as another tragedy occurs, another embarrassment to this republican strategy emerges, they will try and to find a way to fix that problem. open the government, pay our bills, while we negotiate. for the 21st time, the republicans have come to the floor and denied the request to sit down and negotiate. 21 times. >> the senator from alabama. >> it is a good

mikulski, mr. cardin, and mr. cummings, help the republicans understand, it's time to get my husband and son back to work. >> i think it's very troubling that our congress can't make a decision to keep our government working. that's a basic responsibility that they have. >> i would tell them that it's not fair to lay off these people and you still get a paycheck. if the federal government workers don't get a paycheck because of the shuts down, you should not be able to also. >> and the people we spoke with felt that the affordable healthcare act is the law and should not be used as a bargaining chip by congress. >> stay with wjz. for complete coverage of the shutdown. we will keep you updated on deal negotiations and the impact here in maryland. >>> it is hard to believe that it's the beginning of october outside. it's warm and the sun is out with a few clouds around. athletes are taking full advantage of this opportunity to train and work out. people were out today in swarms, enjoying the warm weather. not only p

mikulski, mr. carden, and mr. cummings, help the republicans understand, it's time to get my husband and son back to work. >> i think it's very troubling that our congress can't make a decision to keep our government working that's a basic responsibility that they have. >> i would tell them, it's not fair to lay off these people and you still get a paycheck. if federal government workers don't get a paycheck because. shutdown, you should not be able to also. >> reporter: the people we spoke with felt that the affordable healthcare act is the law and should not be used as a bargaining trip by-- chip by congress. vic? >> we invite you to stay tuned for more on the latest on the negotiations and of course the impact here in maryland. >>> the u.s. naval academy sexual assault case is in the hands of the superintendent. three navy midshipmen, accused of raping a female midshipman. the alleged victim in the case has filed a lawsuit, arguing miller is likely to be biased as superintendent of the school and should recuse

. >> reporter: now, with the latest aid that was just received, senator mikulski's office has received a total $74 million in aid since last year. joining me mere, -- here, meteorologist chelsea ingram. they certainly have a lot to rebuild. but better than it was this time last year. >> first i want to take to you first warning radar, during super storm sandy. this extremely powerful storm. it arrived actually, ahead of schedule. and picked up some steam as it started to move inland. was moving around 28 miles per hour. it made landfall on october 29th. and it affected all of maryland. we're talking about western maryland, all the way over onto the eastern shore. and it brought impacts in the form of extreme winds. also brought rain. and it brought some snow. while it was a big event for maryland, its impacts, of course, were felt across the entire eastern sea board. some of the greatest impacts for us, though, here at home, were in the form of precipitation. some spots saw anywhere from 8 to 12 inches. or upwards of 12 inches of rainfall. and then also, more than 1 foot of snowfall in

senator mi cull ky -- mikulski announced there would be aid. >>> a different look, a different feel. the sun setting at 6:15. partly cloudy skies. that's the team to the forecast coming in tonight. temperatures starting to cool down but not dramatically cool. 61 in the city. go south of the city, south of maryland, you're finding temperatures close this watt what the degrees. so there is mild hair on the move. we'll talk about that in the full forecast at 6:17. >>> this hors thursday -- thursday the only thing on your child's mind is which candy to eat first and the thing on your mind is keeping them safe. stick to sidewalks. make sure costumes and shoes fit and your little ones do not trip. keep your home brightly lit and clear your walk of any debris. >> take a flashlight. >>> another way to keep them safe is to take a good look. patient first locations are offeri up their x-ray machines. between 6 and 9 they will x-ray things for glass, metal plastics and they're offering a free safety blinker so your child can be seen in the dark. >> you know it's bad when you and up the target o

mikulski, mr. cardin, and mr. cummings, help the republicans understand, it's time to get my son and husband back to work. >> i think it's troubling that our congress can't make a decision to keep our government working. that's a basic responsibility that they have. >> i would tell them, it's not fair to to lave off these people and you -- lay off these people and you still get a paycheck. if federal workers don't get a paycheck because of the shutdown, you should not also. >> people felt the affordable healthcare act is the law and should not be used as a bargaining chip by congress. >> for the latest information any time,ing loonto -- log onto cbsbaltimore.com. >>> we have an accident to tell you about. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. >> reporter: good afternoon, a single vehicle involved in this accident. you can see it, upside-down, in the bushes, on the left side of the road there. this is the ramp from i-70 westbound, inside the beltway, as it merges onto the inner loop of the beltway. we did see one p

mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr.president, i know we've been alternating on both sides of the aisle but i note that even with senator grassley's presence, if i -- may i speak, senator? because i think one of the things we ought to be observing here is at least courteous rules among ourselves. this is meant to be the greatest deliberative body in the world, and if we follow the rules and follow the regular order, follow the committee process, follow the ways through the committee process for resolving disagreement and dispute, i think we can get through this. i believe that on both sides of the aisle, there are pragmatic people devoted to this country who want to solve the two major problems that we have here facing us right this minute; that is, to reopen government because we're now in the 10th day of the shutdown, and; number two, meet debt obligations of the united states of america as mandated in the 14 14th amendmet of the constitution. mr. president, i call upon my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and both

senator mikulski is ready. senator murray is ready. we tried 21 times to get to conference with them and negotiate a budget. 21 times they objected. and then they have -- i have to use the word now -- the chutzpah -- i hope you know what it means, madam president -- to say we won't negotiate, when we tried 21 times to go to conference. no inspectors on the job to make sure the air is clean, to make sure the water is safe, to make sure the nuclear power plants are safe. you know, the republicans talk about the parks, and i appreciate it. but they fail to mention that the army corps manages 12 million acres of public lands and waters nationwide. and the recreation areas host -- listen to this -- 370 million visits annually. these recreation areas support local businesses like resorts, marinas, outfitters, grocery stores, gas stations, hotels which provide goods and services to businesses as well as boosting our nation's economy. let me tell you a story. because of this republican shutdown, the corps closed lake mendicino located north of

. >> reporter: and with this additional aid, senator mikulski's offices, received over $74 million in total, to help maryland rebuild. joining me now, meteorologist chelsea ingram. chelsea, that storm really packed a punch. >> i certainly do think that's a low, everyone. first, let's take a look at the actual storm itself. we have the radar and video from the storm. you can see how powerful it was. taking a look at that now. this storm actually made landfall on october 29th. and it affected the entire state. we're talking about from the mountains, all the way out towards the coast. it brought extreme winds. brought rain. also brought snow to even some areas. while sandy was a big event for maryland, its impact, of course, felt across the entire eastern sea board. but some of the greatest impact for us here in maryland were in the form of precipitation. some spots fell anywhere from 8 to 12 inches of rainfall. in other spots, saw upwards of 1 foot of snowfall in western maryland. a year later, the weather, a lot different outside now. bob has got a look at what you can expect for the n

the first appropriations bill that we passed out of the committee, under the leadership of senator mikulski, was the transportation, housing and urban development bill. if i'm not mistaken, it had some -- it had a number of republican votes in committee. it was brought out onto the floor, an extraneous amendment was offered on egypt by the senator from kentucky whereupon the -- i believe senator mikulski, our leader, filed cloture on the bill so we could vote on the appropriations bill. but, mr. president, i say to my friend from wyoming that all of the republicans on that side voted against cloture, voted against taking up that one appropriations bill. i'm sorry. i'm reminded that we had one republican, the republican from the state of maine, who did vote to go to cloture on that bill. so one republican out of all those on the other side. so i say to my friend from wyoming, we tried to bring up an appropriations bill. it was republicans who objected to even dealing with that appropriations bill. i thank my friend from wyoming. i just ask my friend from wyoming if he had looked at that hist

. >> senator barbara mikulski coming up to the microphone after senator harry reid was talking aboutt's taking place in his home state of nevada. but closing out there by saying that the speaker, referring to john boehner, should take yes for an answer and they have been ready to negotiate over fiscal challenges for a better part of the year. we were talking about the chaplain of congress in the senate, barry black, before we had the opportunity to listen to senator reid. sir, i'm sure you had the opportunity to listen as well. we were talking about the impact of your words during prayer have hopefully been having on our members of congress. does it seem that the stubbornness is not going away? >> well, i'm very optimistic. i believe that my responsibility is to plant seeds and to water them. when you plant seeds and you water them, you depend upon the super natural movement of nature to bring the harvest. you don't go out checking to see if anything is pushed through the soil day after day after day. you trust the law of sowing and reaping seed time and harvest. so i am convinced th

mikulski would be overjoyed. they won't let us go. >> reporter: if they take up would taxes be on the table? >> i say in the earth -- letter yes. all the goodies i they want to talk about, i listed them in the letter. last question. [inaudible conversations] would the debt ceiling be on the table? >> i would hope if we do long-term dealing with fiscal things in this country people should understand 10 dais from now we have the big one coming. thank you, everyone. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >>> senate democratic leaders held this briefing. [inaudible conversations] >>> good afternoon good afternoon. i hear the folks who are here behind us, i'm as frustrate adds z they are. i think my colleagues are as well. we are here today to say these memorials in washington monument, the smithsonian museum all ought to be be opened. we're bringing a bill it is a shame that folks in this country who come to washington to be able to see these memorials can't. they should all be able to enjoy these treasure

and i also had to talk to barbara mikulski, the senior senator from the state of maryland. and that wasn't easy to get those two chairs to agree to do it. and once we got that done, i had to go to my caucus and sell that. i did it upon the representation that they would pass that and send it over to us. well, they sure didn't do that. the bill we're asking the speaker to vote on is one he told me he wanted. now, if an economist that was john mccain's chief economic advisor during his campaign that has admiration of democrats and republicans, what he has said, if the shutdown drags on for three weeks, it will cost the economy $55 billion. how about that one? it's already one week. we can all do that math. that cost is on par with the economic damage caused by super storm sandy. what the house has done with their "alice in wonderland" operation is they created another sandy. it could be $55 billion. this is, though, not a act of nature. this is a man-made disaster. and it's a disaster waiting to happen for national security. the tea party shutdown is hampering our ability to

senator mikulski, chairman of the appropriations committee, hated it. murray, chairman of budget, hated it. and then they said, okay, we'll go ahead and do it. we'll work with you. they helped me talk to my caucus, and we did that based on the assurance of the speaker of the house of representatives that we would get this out of the way to fund the government. for a year. he didn't live up to what he committed to doing. in our business, mr. president, that's not good. and then, in addition to that, i said in the letter, okay, you've said -- you've sent us a little piece of legislation over here saying you want to have a conference. we agree. we'll talk to you about anything you want to talk about. you want to talk about discretionary spending, you want to talk about the farm bill, you want to talk about postal reform, you want to talk about health care, we'll talk. but open the government. extend the debt ceiling. he read the letter. i called him 45 minutes later and he said, no, can't do that. he can't take "yes" for an answer on the number of the c.r.

mikulski: i rise tok in morning business. how much ti time is left? the presiding officer: 1 minutes. ms. mikulski: thank you, mr. president. i rise today in a twofold role. number one, i am here under my constitutionally designated responsibility as the senator from maryland, duly elected, duly certified. i love representing maryland. 5.5 million people of just one of the most wonderful, patriotic, hardworking, fill l.a.n. thropically community--- fill aphilanthropic communities. we have one of the largest civilian agencies in america. they have wonderful names, yes, like the national institutes of health, like the national institutes of standards that help set the standards that enable the private sector to be able to develop the products that they can sell around the world. we're the home to the nuclear regulatory agency, we're the home to the consumer product safety commission that looks at a variety of things from children's toys to the safety of our mattresses to make sure they're not flammable. i could listen those agencies -- the census, the w

. >> that was barbara mikulski on the senate floor. for millions of americans who don't know where they're getting their next meal, the government shutdown situation is about to make it even worse. newly furloughed workers near the grand canyon are getting consolation after a food bank donated hundreds of meal for them. many americans are facing the frightening possibility of a food shortage. truckloads have been canceled until the government reopens. joining me now is gloria mcadam, president and ceo of food share. it distributes more than 3 million meals to 300 local food pantries and shelters. gloria, great to have you with me today. some of your donations come from federal programs like the emergency food assistance program. how exactly does the government shutdown immediately affect your food supply? >> thanks so much for having me with you this morning. the federal emergency food assistance program, we call it tefap, distribute about 20% each year. while we've been told that anything we ordered before september 30th from that pro