S6 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 5, 2011 KENTUCKY RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY Mr. MCCONNELL. I move to lay that Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul LEADER motion on the table. LOUISIANA The VICE PRESIDENT. The majority The motion to lay on the table was Mary L. Landrieu and David Vitter leader is recognized. agreed to. MAINE f f Olympia J. Snowe and Susan M. Collins INFORMING THE PRESIDENT OF FIXING THE HOUR OF DAILY MARYLAND THE UNITED STATES THAT A MEETING OF THE SENATE Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. QUORUM OF EACH HOUSE IS AS- Cardin Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a SEMBLED resolution at the desk and ask it be re- MASSACHUSETTS Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a ported. John F. Kerry and Scott P. Brown resolution at the desk. I ask it now be The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk MICHIGAN considered. will report the resolution by title. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk The legislative clerk read as follows: MINNESOTA will report the resolution by title. A resolution (S. Res. 3) fixing the hour of Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken The legislative clerk read as follows: daily meeting of the Senate. MISSISSIPPI A resolution (S. Res. 1) informing the The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- Thad Cochran and Roger F. Wicker President of the United States that a jection, the resolution is considered quorum of each House is assembled. MISSOURI and agreed to. Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- The resolution (S. Res. 3) read as fol- jection, the resolution is considered MONTANA lows: and agreed to. S. RES. 3 Max Baucus and Jon Tester The resolution (S. Res. 1) reads as NEBRASKA Resolved, That the daily meeting of the follows: Senate be 12 o’clock meridian unless other- Ben Nelson and Mike Johanns S. RES. 1 wise ordered. NEVADA Resolved, That a committee consisting of Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to Harry Reid and John Ensign two Senators be appointed to join such com- reconsider the vote by which the reso- NEW HAMPSHIRE mittee as may be appointed by the House of lution was agreed to. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte Representatives to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that a Mr. MCCONNELL. I move to lay that NEW JERSEY quorum of each House is assembled and that motion on the table. Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez the Congress is ready to receive any commu- The motion to lay on the table was NEW MEXICO nication he may be pleased to make. agreed to. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall Mr. REID. I move to reconsider the f NEW YORK vote by which the resolution was agreed to. HONORING SENATOR MIKULSKI AS Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. SHE BECOMES THE LONGEST Gillibrand Mr. MCCONNELL. I move to lay that SERVING FEMALE SENATOR NORTH CAROLINA motion on the table. Richard Burr and Kay R. Hagan The motion to lay on the table was Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an- NORTH DAKOTA agreed to. other resolution at desk. I ask it be The VICE PRESIDENT. Pursuant to now considered. Kent Conrad and John Hoeven S. Res. 1, the Chair appoints the Sen- The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk OHIO ator from Nevada, Mr. REID, and the will report the resolution by title. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman Senator from Kentucky, Mr. MCCON- The legislative clerk read as follows: OKLAHOMA NELL, as a committee to join the com- A resolution (S. Res. 4) honoring Senator James M. Inhofe and Tom Coburn mittee on the part of the House of Rep- BARBARA MIKULSKI for becoming the longest OREGON resentatives to wait upon the President serving female Senator in history. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of the United States and inform him (Applause, Senators rising.) PENNSYLVANIA that a quorum is assembled and the The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- Robert P. Casey, Jr., and Pat Toomey Congress is ready to receive any com- jection, the resolution is approved and munication that he may be pleased to RHODE ISLAND the preamble is agreed to. make. The resolution (S. Res. 4) was agreed Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse f to. SOUTH CAROLINA INFORMING THE HOUSE OF REP- The preamble was agreed to. Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint The resolution, with its preamble, SOUTH DAKOTA RESENTATIVES THAT A QUORUM OF THE SENATE IS ASSEMBLED reads as follows: Tim Johnson and John Thune S. RES. 4 Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an- TENNESSEE Whereas the Honorable Barbara Mikulski Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker other resolution at the desk. I ask it be has had a long and distinguished career as a considered. TEXAS United States Senator from the State of The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk Maryland; Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn will report the resolution by title. Whereas Senator Mikulski was first elect- UTAH The legislative clerk read as follows: ed to the United States Congress as a mem- Orrin G. Hatch and Mike Lee A resolution (S. Res. 2) informing the ber of the House of Representatives in 1976, VERMONT House of Representatives that a quorum of where she served until winning election to the Senate in 1986; Patrick J. Leahy and Bernard Sanders the Senate is assembled. Whereas Senator Mikulski is the first VIRGINIA The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- woman to be elected to statewide office in Jim Webb and Mark Warner jection, the resolution is considered Maryland; WASHINGTON and agreed to. Whereas in the 103rd Congress, Senator Mi- The resolution (S. Res. 2) reads as kulski was the first woman to be elected As- Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell follows: sistant Senate Democratic Floor Leader; WEST VIRGINIA S. RES. 2 Whereas Senator Mikulski was the first John D. Rockefeller, IV, and Joe Manchin, woman in the Senate Democratic Leader- Resolved, That the Secretary inform the III ship, serving as Secretary of the Senate House of Representatives that a quorum of Democratic Conference in the 104th through WISCONSIN the Senate is assembled and that the Senate the 108th Congresses; Herb Kohl and Ron Johnson is ready to proceed to business. Whereas in 1997, Senator Mikulski became WYOMING Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to the most senior woman serving in the Sen- Michael B. Enzi and John Barrasso reconsider that vote. ate; VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:23 Jan 06, 2011 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A05JA6.011 S05JAPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with SENATE January 5, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7 Whereas Senator Mikulski is the first and she has won the admiration and re- I wish to recognize BARBARA not only woman to serve on the Appropriations Com- spect of her colleagues, both Demo- for her accomplishment as the longest mittee of the Senate and the first woman to crats and Republican, especially those serving female in the Senate history chair the Appropriations Committee’s Sub- for whom she has given her time and but also for all of her many accom- committee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; her advice as a mentor and a role plishments as a Senator and for the Whereas Senator Mikulski has not only model. pioneering model she has been to so had a path breaking career, but has won the Alongside all her records and accom- many women in her distinguished ca- admiration and respect of colleagues on both plishments, I will always admire the reer. Again, congratulations, Senator sides of the aisle for her hard work, pas- way she led us in one of our darkest MIKULSKI. sionate and effective advocacy, commitment days. As evening fell on Washington, The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator to social and economic justice, and willing- DC, for the first time after the Twin from Maryland is recognized. ness to serve as a mentor and role model to Towers fell in New York, hundreds of Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, Mary- other senators; and Members of Congress, from the House landers take pride in their Hall of Whereas Senator Mikulski has now sur- and the Senate, walked outside to the Famers, from Cal Ripkin, our ‘‘Iron passed the record of former Senator Mar- garet Chase Smith as the longest serving fe- steps of the Capitol. We joined hands. Man,’’ to Brooks Robinson with the male Senator in the history of the United Then, in a moment of silence, Senator Golden Gloves, to Johnny Unitas with States: Now, therefore, be it MIKULSKI suggested we all sing ‘‘God the Golden Arm, to Frank Robinson, Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and Bless America.’’ We did. I will never who was an All-Star in both the Amer- honors Senator Barbara Mikulski for becom- forget that moment. ican and National Leagues. Now we add ing the longest-serving female Senator in I will always remember a speech this to that list our own Senator BARBARA history. good woman gave more than two dec- MIKULSKI, the longest serving woman Mr. REID. I move to reconsider the ades ago. Senator MIKULSKI, Senator Senator in Senate history. vote by which the resolution was John Glenn, and I went on a trip to Po- Marylanders are proud of Senator agreed to. land, back when it was behind the BARB not because of her length of serv- Mr. MCCONNELL. I move to lay that Communist Iron Curtain. John Glenn, ice but for what she has done as a Sen- motion on the table. who, of course, was an international ator and throughout her entire career. The motion to lay on the table was celebrity in addition to being a Sen- If you ask any Marylander what they agreed to.