senator mikulski: thank you so much for organizing this hearing. to our colleagues from nih, this is a committee and the members here today are the pragmatists. when you look at it, we have a chairman that's very much dedicated to nih, certainly a vice chairman that is. we have the authorizers here in terms of murray and alexander. all of us here going around have a history of support for this. so you've got people who really want to be nonpartisan. so i want you to know that. but we are sometimied. -- but we are stymied. we are stymied by our own process. when i first arrived in the senate we had a triad that worked. authorizing. they would often create great policy on a bipartisan basis. kennedy-hatch, kennedy-cassabel, et cetera. we had appropriations that really could move the ball forward. and we had a budget process that gave us an orderly methodology process for doing that. so we've got problems here. so we've got big problems here. and i know that you live them out every single day. colleagues, when i visit the national institute, which has

. >> i would point out only senator mikulski gets 50% of the time that she's allocated today. i wanted to get on the record the kins kinds of things that would you do now, the president asks for half of the increase that the committee has proposed you get. so i'm going to look very carefully at all of the things you said you would do if you had the president's number and assume i can multiply that by two and those would be the things that you would do if you had the number that the committee's proposing at nih. mr. shelby? >> thank you. dr. collins, picking up on what senator blunt says, talking about money, funding is important, if you had several -- say you had $3 million more above, what could do you with it as far as investigating and hoping to turn a lot of what you just investigating results into better health and better treatment? what would $3 billion -- use that as -- i made it up -- but i hope we could do something for you. what would it do for you? what would it do for us, everybody? >> what would it do for america, for the world? i appreciate the question. it's a l

i'm sorry senator mikulski left because i'd like for her to know that dr.collins played td guitar and sang at a place senator durbin has go and senator mikulski desires to go . what's that song, knock out disease. >> i thought you might have suppressed the whole memory. >> it's a great hit. i want to thank -- we all admire your work but we admire the work of your team. we know they could be making more money some other place, but the fact that they are here and working to help other people is something we all respect and appreciate. i'd ask you, dr. collins, earlier for the bill that senator murray mentioned she and i are working on, we're trying to create environments where precision medicine can succeed where we get inventions and discoveries through the process more rapidly. one of the problems we have is that the national academies groups have identified that investigators, these ones that we're wanting to get more money for spend 42% of their time on administrative tasks. now, if we're talking about billions more for investigators shouldn't we be spend

we had a number of years ago at the direction of senator mikulski, a longtime member of the intelligence committee, a meeting where such an attack was discussed and the implications of it. that was years ago. it was frightening then. it is even more frightening now. but as mr. fugate indicated, the scale of threat the united states faces has been outlined by him. we must do more to protect ourselves against this cyberterrorism. it can be done if our republicans will work with us. democrats tried to pass comprehensive cybersecurity legislation years ago. what happened? it was filibustered by the republicans p. they wouldn't even let us on this legislation. they wouldn't even allow us to debate the bill. whatever their reasoning, i'm glad that the republicans have finally changed course on this issue and allowed this simple bill to move forward. we support this the legislative effort, but we recognize it is far, far, far too weak. cyberterrorism and cyber attacks are part of today's world. but republicans are denying the seriousness of this, as they're denying that's something to clear to

feinstein: i call up mikulski 2557. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment by number. the clerk: the senator from california, mrs. feinstein, for ms. mikulski, proposes an amendment numbered 2557 to amendment numbered 2716. mrs. feinstein: madam president, i call up whitehouse 2626. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment by number. the clerk: the senator from california, mrs. feinstein, for mr. whitehouse, proposes an amendment numbered 2626 to amendment numbered 2716. mrs. feinstein: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: i call up wyden 2621, as modified. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment by number. the clerk: the senator from california, mrs. feinstein, for mr. wyden, proposes an amendment numbered 2621, as modified, to amendment numbered 2716. mr. burr: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: madam president, as the vice chair and i said numerous -- i have said num

my mother, barbara o'malley was senator mikulski's gate keeper for more than 30 years.bout that? wakes up every day and goes to work at the ginger age of 87. she keeps that senate office open and keeps it in line and that is no surprise to me because she kept six of us in line. she and my dad were part of that great generation, so-called greatest generation, by tom brokaw. my dad flew 33 missions over japan. went to college because of the g.i. bill. but my mom for her part at the age of 17 at fort wayne, indiana, she and her mom doubled team my grandfather and my mom at the age of 17, got a pilot's license and flew in the civil air patrol as an aviator. [applause] governor o'malley: strong woman. and she raised all six of us. my two older sisters, three younger brothers and myself to believe that every generation of americans has not only a responsibility to accomplish great things, but also has an incredible opportunity because of this country of ours, this country which if we make stronger, we'll give back more to our children and grandchildren. and those are the less

jump into the fray and would probably do well in the open senate seat in maryland after senator mikulski steps down the end of next year. so he is a high-profile and certainly gained a lot of recognition because of this committee and might take that to the upper chamber. >> host: we have adam schiff, linda sanchez tammy duckworth. and if those names stick out as someone who was especially qualified to serve on this committee? >> guest: mr. schiff for instance the ranking member on the intelligence committee and ms. duckworth running for the senate so this is another opportunity for her to boost her profile. she's taking on senator mark kirk in illinois to elevate her profile a little bit there. mr. smith is a member of the armed services committee and so there are some serious names and some serious people for the democrats hope would bring a serious -- here and none of them have been critical of the gop select committee especially mr. schiff has suggested that maybe democrats might not stick with it. he floated the opportunity that democrats should pull out of the committee entirely whi

y mother, barbara o'malley was senator mikulski's gate keeper for more than 30 years.ut that? wakes up every day and goes to work at the ginger age of 87. she keeps that senate office open and keeps it in line and that is no surprise to me because she kept six of us in line. she and my dad were part of that great generation, so-called greatest generation, by tom brokaw. my dad flew 33 missions over japan. went to college because of the g.i. bill. but my mom for her part at the e of 17 at fort wayne, indiana, she and her mom doubled team my grandfather and my mom at the age of 17, got a pilot's license and flew in the civil air patrol as an aviator. [applause] governor o'malley: strong woman. and she raised all six of us. my two older sisters, three younger brothers and myself to believe that every generation of americans has not only a responsibility to accomplish great things, but also has an incredible opportunity because of this country of ours, this country which if we make stronger, we'll give back more to our children and grandchildren. and those are the lessons

chris van hollen and donna edwards want to succeed barbara mikulski. 25% of self-identified democrats don't know who they will choose in april's primary. this month representative edwards started touring colleges and senior centers across the state. representative van hollen launched a series of tv ads in the baltimore area. >>> a lot of you may have gotten one of those new credit cards with the security chip. as bob hanson explains some con artists are using the chip cards to scam you out of personal information. >> reporter: the idea behind the new chip-embedded credit card is extra security. the cards are near impossible to counterfeit. so instead of trying to steal your money after you get your card, the bad guys are try doing it before you get it. >> i think some people are anxious and eager to get that chip on the card. it's something novel, they don't know what it is. everyone else is getting it. >> reporter: so scammers are sending people e-mails posing as their credit card company. to get the new card, they say all you have to do is give out some personal information. >> if y

my mother, barbara o'malley, has senator barbara mikulski's receptionist and gatekeeper for more thanars. how about that? work up every day, goes to at the ginger age of 87. she keeps that senate office open, keeps it in line, and that is no surprise to me, because she kept six of us in line. she and my dad were part of that , so-calledation greatest generation by tom brokaw, but not themselves. my dad flew 33 missions over japan, went to college only because of the g.i. bill. but my mom, for her part, at the age of 17, in fort wayne, indiana -- [cheering] wayne,alley: in fort indiana, she and her mom double teamed my rant father, and my mom -- my grandfather, and my mom got a pilot's license and she flew as a civil aviator. strong woman. all six of us. my feet of older sisters and my three little brothers and believe that every generation of americans has not only a sacred responsibility to accomplish great things, but also has an incredible opportunity, because of this country of ours. this country which, if we make stronger, will give back more to our children and our grandchildren

1981 as executive assistant, worked for paula hawkins from florida for six years, worked for smor mikulski for a year or so and worked for me for 25 years. she left me less than three years ago and moved down to north carolina with her two daughters, one of of course now lives in atlanta. janice spent her career bringing order where chaos could have easily been there. in my office everyone knew janice shelton. she ran that place so well, so polite, so firm in what she would allow to happen and not happen. there was no bad language. she had a little cup there, anybody use any bad language, they had to put money in it. she was so gracious, so kind, unbelievable energy. it didn't matter what the job was, big or small, she could handle that job. she was a stenographer. she was a person who could handle the most difficult administrative situation. a woman of tremendous faith. she had a love affair with her husband, bobby, for a long time. i remember bobby with that accent of his, that southern accent. and with bobby was -- when he was still in business around here, he would bother his morning b

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weather was debbie stabenow on the farm vellore barbara mikulski or patty murray on the budget or barbaraboxer working with mitch mcconnell last month to get a transportation bill done. we passed a senate bill out of the u.s. senate. a lot of times we see the women showing this kind of leadership and there's a lot more trust since there are only 20 of us. we have of course are every other month dinners and what we say about the men never goes out of the room and of course we never talk about them. i'm just kidding. i think that's an important part of the senate. >> host: of course the country is never elected a woman to national office of the sarah palin was elected to the republican ticket. carly fiorina is running in the gop race at this time. to what degree do you think gender is a factor in the national race? >> guest: i think, i go to the governor level 1. it's been difficult for women to win and those kinds of jobs. we have gotten and -- but in the senate. first there's a money issue. a lot of men get money to men and a lot of men are in business so the more we get women in business

mikulski: mr. president, i rise on behalf of being the vice chair of the appropriations committee to urge my colleagues to vote no on the motion to proceed to energy and water appropriations. i just want to comment about the gentleman from tennessee's remarks. first of all, i have such admiration for him, of both his advocacy for tennessee, the skilled legislator he is. he has been an advocate for both tennessee and for the united states of america. he's an outstanding chair of the subcommittee on energy and water, and i know he and my colleague, the ranking member, senator feinstein, have worked very well together. i don't dispute many of the things the gentleman has said in terms of what this impact would have on the economy. certainly, if you're the senator from maryland, the corps of engineers is part of our economy, particularly as it rates -- the role that it plays in helping keep our waterways able for the port of baltimore to be viable and accept the new panama canal. we could go through it

i remember senator mikulski said i have something to bring out later. so i think it was less than overwhelming. it was the way the officials saw it and the way the secretarying atted as he did is not a surprise to me. >> will it put teeth in metro's safety? >> i think anthony fox is hoping that, the transportation secretary. and i think the issue here with him with the ntsb is whether or not it would be oversight by the federal really association or federal transit administration. and his point was, listen, we'd have to have a legislative change to put it in. so we don't want to do that. that's going to take more time. i think he is acknowledging that there are problems. we need to move quickly. he believes the federal transit administration can move quickly. and one other point. he says that the tri-state oversight committee which is supposed to oversee metro really doesn't have the infrastructure to do it. they can't level the fines and penalties they should and that's what they need. that's really the important thing coming from the transportation se

to my introducing bipartisan legislation with my colleague from virginia, senator warner, senator mikulski, senator coats, senator ayotte and senator mccaskill to strengthen the security of the networks and federal civilian agencies. our bill has five elements, but the most important provision would grant the department of homeland security the security to issue binding operational directives to federal agencies to respond in the face of substantial breaches or to take action in the face of an imminent threat to a federal network. although the secretary of homeland security is tasked with a very similar responsibility to protect federal civilian networks, he has far less authority to accomplish this responsibility than does the director of the national security agency for the dot.mil networks. we can no longer ignore the damaging consequences of failing to address these issues. our amendment would fortify federal computer works from cyber threats in many ways. the key elements, i am pleased to say, in our bill were incorporated into an amendment that has been filed by senator carper along

host: and has brother michael ski given you any advice -- barbara mikulski given you any advice?uest: of, she has. it is really she and her service, the way that she never forgot she was a social worker. just as i never forget that i came out of the nonprofit sector working in communities. and i think that has grounded her in her service to maryland and thinking about what maryland needs in addition to her service for the nation. she has given that can of advice to really get out there and know the state and know the different personalities. and i'm trying to do that. host: andrew is next, the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. hi, donna. it is nice to talk to you again. guest: hi. caller: i want to point out to you that you guys done in washington dc you have a blind spot. and the blind spot is this: you are swimming in money already. you just don't spend it very well. you are terribly inefficient. and you could -- i think it would be great to do all kinds of work on the infrastructure, that you already said you are heavily moneyed by the unions. and they don't

i also want to thank my colleague colleagues, senator heitkamp, shaheen, mikulski, boxer, who were on the floor today and voicing their strong and continued support for the ex-im bank. yesterday the house voted 313-118 to reauthorize the export-import bank. that is a strong bipartisan vote that included a majority of republicans. it included seven of the eight members of the congressional delegation of the state of minnesota, including several republicans. the ex-im bank also has bipartisan support here in the senate, which has voted twice this year to reauthorize the ex-im bank. both times with more than 60 votes. now it is time for the senate to take up this bill and vote to reauthorize the ex-im bank with no further delay. the senate has been in the lead on thi thank -- year. we have showed the kind of bipartisan support that helped the house to get the numbers that they need and now we must simply pass the bill. the ex-im bank has been reauthorized 16 times in its 81-year history, every time with broad bipartisan majority. as yesterday's house vote and previous votes in the senate

i also commend senate appropriations chairman cochran and ranking member mikulski. they brought the measure up in regular order, allowing amendments and debate, and they advanced this bill out of the committee, as i said, with very strong bipartisan -- with a very strong bipartisan 26-4 vote. in fact, this is the first time in six years that the appropriations committee has passed all 12 appropriations bills, all 12 have been passed in bipartisan -- in a bipartisan manner, awaiting action on the floor. now, as i said, while this legislation is within the budget guidelines, the senate energy and water bill includes $35.4 billion in overall funding, which is $1.2 billion more than last year's funding level. the energy department's nuclear security programs are funded at $12.3 billion, which is $856 million more than last year. and the department's energy programs receive an additional $270 million. so this is important because our nation has significant infrastructure needs, and that's what we're addressing here, infrastructure, basic infrastructure needs of this coun

senator mark warner, kelly ayotte, claire mccaskill, senator dan coats and barbara mikulski. they're all cosponsors of the amendment that senator collins has offered. and these provisions would strengthen the department of homeland security's ability to share -- shore up, rather, cyber defenses at civilian agencies and to address cyber emergencies across the federal government. i am, again, just incredibly grateful that senator feinstein and senator burr agreed to include our language in the substitute amendment, language that worked its way through our committee. we had hearings on this stuff and had the opportunity to mark up the legislation. it's the way this place is supposed to work and i think without exception, it has bipartisan support coming through our committee. it's the perfect complement of the information sharing bill that we are discussing this week. it makes a good bill i think that much better. and i want to thank the -- the senators for working with me and senator johnson on it. before i close, mr. president, just one more thing. i know the presiding officer

host: and has brother michael ski given you any advice -- barbara mikulski given you any advice? guest: of, she has. it is really she and her service, the way that she never forgot she was a social worker. just as i never forget that i came out of the nonprofit sector working in communities. and i think that has grounded her in her service to maryland and thinking about what maryland needs in addition to her service for the nation. she has given that can of advice to really get out there and know the state and know the different personalities. and i'm trying to do that. host: andrew is next, the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. hi, donna. it is nice to talk to you again. guest: hi. caller: i want to point out to you that you guys done in washington dc you have a blind spot. and the blind spot is this: you are swimming in money already. you just don't spend it very well. you are terribly inefficient. and you could -- i think it would be great to do all kinds of work on the infrastructure, that you already said you are heavily moneyed by the unions. and they don

running for the seat being vacated by democratic senator barbara mikulski.oke with representative donna edwards last week on the program in case you are interested. james in tennessee. a democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. senator van hollen, i am also a vietnam veteran. 1971 undernam in general colin powell. how -- i've to know had federal papers all my life. any never seen socialism on application or anything. how can the previous man sit there jolly and say that this man is a registered socialist? how do you register in america to be a socialist and not be called out about it? of you democrats sitting on your hands and not checking these republicans on every little thing they say. they could get up there and say everything and then you guys sit back and just let them say it. let them say it. i am so tired of you democrat sitting on your hands doing nothing, not speaking up. that's so annoying. at 66 years old, i have fought for the right for every american. not just some. annoyingneit, it's so when they can say what they want to and y'all don't

senator mikulski, whitehouse, king, warner, heinrich, blunt, nelson, and coats, and i know they'll help us push this bill forward as we go to conference with the house. i'm looking for the list of my staff. oh, my staff. i'll get down to my staff, who's been with me particularly david granis, our staff controller -- staff controller? -- our staff -- chief staffer on the minority side. and david has been there for these three bills, and it's been really hard. you know, we had a democratic bill on the floor. it got one republican vote. now, if this didn't tell me something, nothing told me anything. and so this is kind of a new day of a way to pass a complicated, somewhat technical bill. i also want to thank josh alexander. josh has been our lead drafter and negotiator and know these cyber issues better than anyone. he's been tireless on reaching agreement after agreement on this bill and is as much as anybody i think responsible for today's vote. and, again, david, you are a 10. my former cyber staffer annie grotto, nate adler and others, thank you all very much and the work done by aies