Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski [D, MD]

Did Edward Snowden just disclose more secrets in online chat? (+video)

2013-06-18T01:00:00Z

...Congress from any inadvertent NSA collection. However, Ms. Wheeler notes that immediately after Snowden’s initial leaks Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D) of Maryland, chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, complained publicly about the possibility

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Feinstein: No NSA Senate hearing soon

2013-06-18T01:00:00Z

...a bit of a scheduling quirk, Alexander actually faced an open grilling on the phone and Internet programs from Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s Senate Appropriations Committee instead of the Intelligence Committee. Senators used much of that hearing t

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Did Edward Snowden just disclose more secrets in online chat?

2013-06-17T01:00:00Z

Video: Jeb Bush: "Go Heat!"

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

...of the law." 17 minutes after Buzzfeed reporter Rosie Gray sent a tweet accusing Senate Appropriations Committee chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., of limiting debate during a hearing, Mikulski rebutted the tweet in real time. "Any senator can ask any

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Video: Rand Paul announces legal challenge to NSA surveillance programs

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

Biden, Congressional leaders honor Dingell

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

...Paul Wellstone, who was killed in a plane crash in 2002. 36 years, 5 months, 5 days: Length of congressional service for Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, longest-serving female. She served five terms in the House and is in her fifth term in the Senate

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Video: Rubio milks "water breaks" at Faith and Freedom conference

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

Video: Boehner "surprised" WH hasn't defended NSA surveillance more forcefully

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

Video: Rogers: "Absolutely incorrect" that NSA is reading your emails

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

Video: WH: American response to Syria not based on polls

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

Video: Ruppersberger on NSA leaker Snowden: "He's not a hero"

2013-06-13T01:00:00Z

NSA chief defends cyber role

2013-06-12T01:00:00Z

...an hour for senators to turn their focus to the question of government surveillance. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) had called a rare open hearing that included testimony from National Security Agency Director Gen. K

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NSA Director Says Agency 'Committed' to Privacy Rights

2013-06-12T01:00:00Z

...been destructive to both data and property in other countries," Mr. Alexander said.Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Barbara Mikulski (D., Md.) had called Mr. Alexander and other top officials like the Justice Department's executive assistant dir

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Massachusetts Senate race heats up

2013-06-12T01:00:00Z

...in preventing attacks. Check out our live blog of the hearing here – complete with Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) responding to one reporter’s tweets, which you can also watch below. Morell stepping down: CIA Deputy Dir

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Senator Calls Out Reporter's Tweets in Real Time

2013-06-12T01:00:00Z

...new happened in Congress on Wednesday: Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, called out a reporter's tweets in real time. The callout came during a Senate committee hearing originally intended to deal with cyb

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NSA director to get a public grilling in the Senate

2013-06-12T01:00:00Z

...When Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee last week, Committee chairwoman Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said, "This 'fully briefed' is something that drives us up the wall. 'Fully briefed' doesn't mean we kno

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Hagel: Let commanders deal with sexual assault

2013-06-12T01:00:00Z

...D-Vt., the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the Judiciary Committee's top Republican, Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence

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Mikulski pauses to take on tweet

2013-06-12T01:00:00Z

...says senators aren’t tech-savvy? Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) briefly halted her hearing for a moment Wednesday to respond to a tweet from BuzzFeed reporter Rosie Gray, which read: “@SenatorBarb is trying hard to keep the other senators from asking

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Mikulski to colleagues: Ask NSA chief about domestic surveillance ‘another day’

2013-06-12T01:00:00Z

...Appropriation Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md. opens a hearing on cybersecurity with Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, as a primary witness, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 12. (AP Photo/J. Sco

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Sen. Barbara Mikulski on NSA leaker Edward Snowden

2013-06-12T01:00:00Z

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