[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 67-68]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 4--HONORING SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI FOR BECOMING THE 
               LONGEST-SERVING FEMALE SENATOR IN HISTORY

  Mr. REID of Nevada (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
Akaka, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Begich, 
Mr. Bennet, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. 
Boxer, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Burr, Ms. 
Cantwell, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Coats, Mr. Coburn, 
Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Coons, Mr. Corker, Mr. 
Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Demint, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. 
Hagan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, 
Mr. Inouye, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. 
Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, 
Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Levin, 
Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Manchin, Mr. McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Moran, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Paul, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
Pryor, Mr. Reed of Rhode Island, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
Rockefeller, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. 
Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, 
Mr. Toomey, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Vitter, 
Mr. Warner, Mr. Webb, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Wyden) 
submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                               S. Res. 4

       Whereas the Honorable Barbara Mikulski has had a long and 
     distinguished career as a United States Senator from the 
     State of Maryland;
       Whereas Senator Mikulski was first elected to the United 
     States Congress as a member of the House of Representatives 
     in 1976, where she served until winning election to the 
     Senate in 1986;
       Whereas Senator Mikulski is the first woman to be elected 
     to statewide office in Maryland;

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       Whereas, in the 103rd Congress, Senator Mikulski was the 
     first woman to be elected Assistant Senate Democratic Floor 
     Leader;
       Whereas Senator Mikulski was the first woman in the Senate 
     Democratic Leadership, serving as Secretary of the Senate 
     Democratic Conference in the 104th through the 108th 
     Congresses;
       Whereas in 1997, Senator Mikulski became the most senior 
     woman serving in the Senate;
       Whereas Senator Mikulski is the first woman to serve on the 
     Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the first woman to 
     chair the Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on 
     Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies;
       Whereas Senator Mikulski has not only had a path breaking 
     career, but has won the admiration and respect of colleagues 
     on both sides of the aisle for her hard work, passionate and 
     effective advocacy, commitment to social and economic 
     justice, and willingness to serve as a mentor and role model 
     to other senators; and
       Whereas Senator Mikulski has now surpassed the record of 
     former Senator Margaret Chase Smith as the longest serving 
     female Senator in the history of the United States: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and honors Senator 
     Barbara Mikulski for becoming the longest-serving female 
     Senator in history.

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