[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16332]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI

  (Mr. VAN HOLLEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, long before the last ``Star Wars'' movie 
came out, I said: When Senator Mikulski is with you, the Force is with 
you.
  Senator Mikulski has been a powerful force for good in Maryland and 
throughout the Nation. She has been a fierce fighter for American 
workers, for our veterans, for our seniors, and for people from all 
walks of life. Her leadership on the Appropriations Committee brought 
vital investments to the thriving Port of Baltimore and to the Social 
Security Administration. She has supported security missions in places 
like Fort Meade, investments in lifesaving research at the NIH, and 
discoveries at NASA. She authored the very first bill that was signed 
by President Obama, the Lilly Ledbetter law, to give women who faced 
pay discrimination their day in court.
  Barbara Mikulski started in politics by fighting a plan to build a 
highway through her beloved neighborhood of Fells Point. She won that 
fight, and, 40 years later, she is still waging and winning fights for 
working families.
  A few years back, when NASA's scientists discovered a new supernova, 
they named it Supernova Mikulski, and I know her legacy will always 
burn bright for Maryland and for our country.
  Thank you, Senator Barb.

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