UNITED STATES SENATE


[photograph of Senator Mikulski]

BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, U.S. Senator from Maryland (Democrat)

709 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-2003
(202) 224-4654
e-mail: senator@mikulski.senate.gov
fax: (202) 224-8858
TDD: (202) 224-5223
World Wide Web: http://www.senate.gov/~mikulski/



Member of U.S. Senate since 1987. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1987- (commerce, justice, State & the judiciary subcommittee, 1997-; veterans affairs, department of housing & urban development, & independent agencies subcommittee, 1987-; foreign operations subcommittee, 1987; transportation & related agencies subcommittee, 1989-; treasury & general government subcommittee, 1987-). Member, Labor and Human Resources Committee (aging subcommittee, 1993-; public health & safety subcommittee, 1997-). Member, Ethics Study Commission, 1993-. Secretary, Democratic Conference, 1995-.

Member, Baltimore City Council, 1971-76.

Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1977-87. Member, Energy and Commerce Committee, 1977-87; Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, 1977-87. Executive committee, Congresswomen's Caucus.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 20, 1936. Mount Saint Agnes College, B.A., 1958; University of Maryland School of Social Work, M.S.W., 1965. Author, lecturer, teacher, social worker. Former adjunct professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola College. Chair, Democratic Party Commission on Delegate Selection and Party Structure, 1973. Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate seat in Maryland, 1974. Consultant, National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs. Delegate, International Women's Year Conference, 1980. Member, National Organization for Women and National Women's Political Caucus. Author, Capitol Offense (1996); Capitol Venture (1997). Named Most Trustworthy Politician, Baltimore magazine, 1996. Honorary degrees from Morgan State University, 1990; Hood College; Goucher College, 1991; and Pratt Institute, New York.

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