The measure passed the House 293-132 and was approved in the Senate 60-36. “It was really poking federal employees in the eye,”Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, who voted no, said after the vote. Mikulski said she is also concerned that roughly $100 billion of...

“We have federal safety standards for planes, trains and automobiles. It’s shocking we don’t have them for the 7 million Americans who rely on metro systems every day,” said Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), who has previously introduced such legislation.

9, 2012 The office of Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md. , has issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski (both D-Md.) along with Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner (both D-Va.) today sent a joint letter to the...

The legislation, which will have Republican co-sponsors in the House and Senate, would direct $50 million to increase the number of experimental drugs that enter the FDA approval pipeline. To receive a grant under the program, private companies would...

(Getty Images/Karen Bleier / November 17, 2011) Drugs for chronic conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and diabetes would move through the Food and Drug Administration approval process more rapidly under a bipartisan bill Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski...

He announced on Nov. 28 that he was retiring from his on-air duties because of his declining health. “The decision has been made by me to stop appearing on the radio shows. I’m retiring. I basically can no longer do it,” he said. U.S. Senator Barbara...