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Chairwoman Mikulski says Appropriators making steady progress on Omnibus

Release Date: 
Friday, November 21, 2014
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement:

Chairwoman Mikulski Opening Statement at Full Committee Hearing on Ebola Response

Release Date: 
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, convened a hearing of the Full Appropriations Committee to review the request for additional funding to address the Ebola outbreak. It’s the second hearing Chairwoman Mikulski has participated in related to Ebola since the beginning of September.
 
The following are Chairwoman Mikulski’s remarks, as prepared for delivery:

Chairwoman Mikulski Statement on Funding Request from White House to Fight Ebola Here and Abroad

Release Date: 
Wednesday, November 05, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement on the President’s request for emergency supplemental funding to address the Ebola outbreak:

Chairwoman Mikulski Announces Full Committee Hearing on the U.S. Government Response to Ebola Outbreak

Release Date: 
Monday, October 20, 2014

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at 2:00 p.m., U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, will hold a Full Committee hearing on the U.S. Government response to the Ebola outbreak.

Mikulski Statement on Eric Holder Jr. Resigning as Attorney General

Release Date: 
Thursday, September 25, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ), today issued the following statement on Eric Holder Jr.’s decision to step down as Attorney General:

Chairwoman Mikulski’s Floor Statement on the 2015 Continuing Funding Resolution

Release Date: 
Thursday, September 18, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about the fiscal year (FY) 2015 continuing funding resolution (CR), House Joint Resolution 124 (H.J. Res. 124), which would keep the government open through December 11, 2014.
 

Statement of Chairwoman Mikulski Following Senate Approval of Continuing Resolution

Release Date: 
Thursday, September 18, 2014

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement after the Senate voted 78-22 to approve H.J. Res 124, a continuing funding resolution (CR), which prevents a government shutdown by extending current funding levels into fiscal year (FY) 2015 through December 11, 2014.

Prepared Statement of Chairwoman Mikulski at Joint Committee Hearing on the Ebola Outbreak

Release Date: 
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today participated in a joint Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) Subcommittee and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.