Barbara A. Mikulski

Bill honors young girl whose brother said, “… what you call people is how you treat them.”

17-Nov-2009 --
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski today introduced Rosa’s Law, a bill that will eliminate the terms “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” from the federal law books. U.S. Senator Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is the Republican sponsor of the bill.

Senator Mikulski’s statement as delivered on the Senate floor follows:    » read more »

10-Nov-2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) has asked U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to investigate the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) practices regarding the Tri-State Oversight Committee’s monitoring of safety procedures.    » read more »

Credits will inject capital and credit into underserved Maryland communities

30-Oct-2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin (both D-Md.), today announced six Maryland organizations have been awarded New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC)’s totaling $185 million as part of a $5 billion total investment in NMTCs across the nation. The NMTCs will help inject capital and credit into underserved populations and communities across America. Funding for NMTCs was included in the Economic Recovery Act.    » read more »

30-Oct-2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) issued this statement following the release of the White House report showing that 650,000 jobs were created or saved in America through stimulus funds, including more than 14,000 in Maryland:

“The Recovery Act was always about jobs, jobs, jobs. When President Obama took office, he inherited a terrible mess: an economy on the brink of collapse, shedding an average of 700,000 jobs a month, frozen credit markets, banks refusing to lend to students and small businesses.    » read more »

Appropriations Bill Also Includes an Additional $50 million for the Bay

29-Oct-2009 -- WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin (both D-MD) today praised final Congressional passage of the Interior-Environment Appropriations Conference Report, which will provide $72 million in new funding to improve Maryland’s drinking water systems and to help communities finance local sewer improvements.

The bill also includes $50 million, the largest funding level ever, for programs to control urban, suburban and agricultural runoff in the Chesapeake watershed. The Conference Report – which also includes a Continuing Resolution to fund much of the federal government through December 18 – now goes to the President who is expected to sign it.    » read more »

Investment will create jobs, save energy and reduce Marylanders’ electric bills

27-Oct-2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – As temperatures start to drop and Marylanders brace for heating costs this winter, U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin (both D-Md.), today announced the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company has been awarded $200 million to develop a stronger, more reliable Smart Grid.

The development of a better grid will create new jobs, save energy and reduce Marylanders’ monthly electric bills.    » read more »

16-Oct-2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced Senate passage of the 2010 Energy and Water Development Conference Report. The bill includes more than $15 million for Eastern Shore priorities. It now heads to the President to be signed into law.

“The Chesapeake Bay is part of who we are as Marylanders – it is part of our heritage and part of our culture – and it’s our greatest natural resource. This funding is a federal investment in the lives and livelihoods that depend on the Bay,” Senator Mikulski said. “I will continue to fight to keep the Bay and Eastern Shore communities priorities in the federal checkbook.”

The bill includes:    » read more »

16-Oct-2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced Senate passage of the fiscal year 2010 Energy and Water Development Conference Report. The bill includes funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in Maryland, including more than $53 million for the Port of Baltimore. It now heads to the President to be signed into law.    » read more »

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski (both D-MD) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded grants of $200,000 to the Garrett County Health Department and $988,177 to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to help find and enroll children who are uninsured but who are eligible for either Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).    » read more »

Bill includes Mikulski provisions for greater accountability and congressional oversight and to strengthen cyber espionage and cyber-crime fighting capabilities

17-Sep-2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), today announced Senate passage of the fiscal year 2010 Intelligence Authorization bill. This critical legislation contains key provisions supported by Senator Mikulski that enhance oversight and accountability of our nation’s intelligence community.    » read more »

Mikulski led Senate fight to pass new law protecting equal work for equal pay

15-Sep-2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today praised the recent use of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to protect equal work for equal pay. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently used the new law to hold that a Title VII claim was erroneously dismissed on the basis that the claim was not filed in a timely manner.

“This decision does exactly what the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law to do-- right a terrible wrong,” said Senator Mikulski, the lead sponsor of the bill who fought for its passage on the Senate floor.    » read more »

22-Jun-2009 -- BALTIMORE, MD - U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today held a roundtable discussion with patients, providers and Marylanders who are uninsured or struggling to afford health care to discuss the urgent need for health care reform now. Roundtable participants discussed their first-hand experience grappling with skyrocketing health care costs– and its personal and financial toll.    » read more »

16-Jun-2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) and Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) today issued a letter requesting their Senate colleagues support the Paycheck Fairness Act, which builds on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and Equal Pay Act to help end gender discrimination in the workplace.    » read more »

Maryland And Virginia Senators Introduce Bill To Support Chesapeake Bay Clean-Up; Strengthens NOAA's data collection, resource management & public outreach

June 10, 2009 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski (both D-MD), along with Senators Mark R. Warner and Jim Webb (both D-VA) today introduced the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2009, which would strengthen and enhance the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) role in the multi-state Chesapeake Bay clean-up effort.    » read more »

Senator Mikulski Statement on Selection of Maryland's M&T Bank Stadium, FedEx Field to Host Upcoming Army-Navy Football Games

09-Jun-2009 -- WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors since 1987, issued the following statement after it was announced today that the M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore and the FedEx Field in Landover have been selected to host three Army-Navy football games between 2010 and 2017:    » read more »