ms. mikulski: mr. president, i come to the in regard to urge my closing to support equal pay for equal work for women. the president is right up the street at the civil belmont houshouse. this is the home to the women's party in which so muc organizind strategizing took flies get women trite vote. the president is up there declaring that building a national monument to commemorate the tremendous work of -- that was involved in getting suffrage. under the antiquities act that is his right to create that. but it's not only the building that we want to preserve. i.tit's not only the records ofe battle for suffrage that we want to preserve and be able to display. it is really what it stands for, the fact that women are included fully in our society. we had to fight every single day and every single way to be able to advance ourselves. even when the men were here in philadelphia writing the constitution, thinking great thoughts and doing great deeds, abigail adams was back in new england running the family

ms. mikulski: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: madam president, i rise to take the floor as the vice chair of the appropriations committee. and really urge that we adopt an urgent supplemental request to deal with the zika threat here. this is real. it's been two months since the administration sent to congress an emergency supplemental. we can't wait any longer. the mosquitoes are here. they're actually here. they're here in the united states of america. and i've said first with wit and now with deep concern, you can't build a wall to keep the mosquitoes out. the mosquitoes aren't going to pay for this. we need to act, and we need to act now. this is a compelling public health crisis, and we can do something about it. we take an oath to defend all americans against enemies foreign and domestic. this is about to be a self-inflicted wound on our own people because of our failure to act with no reliable tested public health interventions on mosquito control. we've got to take action to do this. and why? because as of april

ms. mikulski: mr. president, i come to the in regard to urge my closing to support equal pay for equal work for women. the president is right up the street at the civil belmont houshouse. this is the home to the women's party in which so muc organizind strategizing took flies get women trite vote. the president is up there declaring that building a national monument to commemorate the tremendous work of -- that was involved in getting suffrage. under the antiquities act that is his right to create that. but it's not only the building that we want to preserve. i.tit's not only the records ofe battle for suffrage that we want to preserve and be able to display. it is really what it stands for, the fact that women are included fully in our society. we had to fight every single day and every single way to be able to advance ourselves. even when the men were here in philadelphia writing the constitution, thinking great thoughts and doing great deeds, abigail adams was back in new england running the family

ms. mikulski: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: madam president, i rise to take the floor as the vice chair of the appropriations committee. and really urge that we adopt an urgent supplemental request to deal with the zika threat here. this is real. it's been two months since the administration sent to congress an emergency supplemental. we can't wait any longer. the mosquitoes are here. they're actually here. they're here in the united states of america. and i've said first with wit and now with deep concern, you can't build a wall to keep the mosquitoes out. the mosquitoes aren't going to pay for this. we need to act, and we need to act now. this is a compelling public health crisis, and we can do something about it. we take an oath to defend all americans against enemies foreign and domestic. this is about to be a self-inflicted wound on our own people because of our failure to act with no reliable tested public health interventions on mosquito control. we've got to take action to do this. and why? because as of april

ms. mikulski: mr. president, i rise as the vice chair of the appropriations committee to really express my appreciation to the majority leader of the senate, senator mcconnell, and senator cochran, the chair of the appropriations committee, for moving the process forward. we have here on the floor today the energy and commerce committee bill. this is the first bill of the appropriations committee to come to the floor. it really signals that we are ready to do regular order. i so appreciate the leadership commitment to do that so we don't end with a big omnibus bill at the end. that every bill comes, they can be amended and everyone can have their day and their say. it is an excellent kickoff to what i hope the ability to move all 12 bills and some crucial urgent supplementals. we also want to compliment senators alexander and feinstein for the excellent job they've done on this particular subcommittee. they have followed the bipartisan agreement. they have a bill that is free of poison pill riders. and