Senate Proceeding on Oct 7th, 2009 :: 8:16:15 to 8:22:00
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8:16:11 to 8:16:33( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: excited about the bird tha lie waiting for them somewhere in the bush. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i wish to thank the gentleman from utah in his remarks.

8:16:15 to 8:22:00( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Barbara Mikulski

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Barbara Mikulski: senators on the floor -- the distinguished gentleman from florida, our presiding who has actually been an astronaut, and you can ask him if he wants to g with the lowest bidder. you know, i think there are certain things that you just can't pick who the will be. i think there is debated.

8:16:56 to 8:17:16( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: we have the augustine report on which there has been a hearing. and our bill, the c.j.s. bill, transportation system that would be developed by our united states government. if the president wants to change that, that would be a new

8:17:17 to 8:17:37( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: direction and really a new appropriation on which there would discussion. but i want to assure the gentleman from utah, the presiding officer who often speaks for the women who went into space that

8:17:38 to 8:17:58( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: what the c.j.s. bill does is fully fund, number one, what we need now to make sure that our space shuttle is safe and fit for duty as it comes to the end in this decade of i service. our number always be the safety of the

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Barbara Mikulski: astronauts, not the bottom line. the second thing is that appropriations, we disagreed with the we federal checkbook to develop the new programs and generation of

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Barbara Mikulski: transportation vehicle, and it follows very much the framework that the gentleman from utah has outlined. so we look forward once again -- you know, working on program in a bipartisan way. one of the joys of really sharing this committee is that

8:18:41 to 8:19:02( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: when space and aeronautics agency, we have worked on basis. and the gentleman from utah might be interested to know, when i first came to the senate and went on the -- then the va-hud funded

8:19:03 to 8:19:23( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: was jake garn, your colleague. and as we all recall with fondness, senator garn was himself also a senator-astronaut. well, i must say that it was senator garn who really -- i mean, i was a goddard gal. goddard is in maryland, but

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Barbara Mikulski: space is about space, not about an individual through the excellent works man ship, his patience, -- workmanship, his patience, his guidance, i really came to know the space program. within two years, i happened to with the retirement of senator proxmire take over the committee. i could not have been an effective senator had it not

8:19:45 to 8:20:05( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: been for the wise guidance that i received from and we together. so this senator has a real fondness utah who speak about the program. but i just want to reiterate how when we work together, it's bipartisan, it's in the interests of our

8:20:06 to 8:20:26( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: about exploration of the stars and the galaxies and the pl developing that new technology that creates the new jobs. i'm here sitting in a wheelchair wearing a space boot. it looks like -- i look like i'm

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Barbara Mikulski: but what it is is a special device. many of the materials and so on were developed through our space program. it is an where you go beyond the old dated cast that neither expanded nor contracted during the day that this one can do. so this technology externally protects

8:20:48 to 8:21:08( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: anybody treading on me, if you can believe it, but protects me. internally, devices that can deal with the -- either the the expansion of your leg in the course of a day. a lot of that came out of our space program. so it's not

8:21:09 to 8:21:30( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: barb mikulski and her space boot but all over we have been able to develop new medical devices because of digital mammography, saving the a space boot that mak sure that after you have had the services of a talented and gifted surgeon, your leg i also protected. so you had going to protect the space

8:21:31 to 8:21:51( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: program as much as the space program helped protect my ankle today. so i just wanted to let the senator know that. and we're going to be voting in about five minutes o a vitter amendment. i know there is another one that you have co- that's going to be tomorrow on the census. right now, we're going to vote

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Barbara Mikulski: in a few minutes on sanctuary cities. and i'm going to yield the senator from new jersey who is very knowledgeable on