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UNITED STATES SENATE

[photo, Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Senator (Maryland)] BARBARA A. MIKULSKI (Democrat), U.S. Senator from Maryland

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Member of U.S. Senate since 1987. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1987- (defense subcommittee, 2005-; foreign operations subcommittee, 1987, 2003-; treasury & general government subcommittee, 1987-2002; transportation & related agencies subcommittee, 1989-2002; commerce, justice, state & the judiciary subcommittee, 1997-, senior democrat, 2005-; veterans affairs, department of housing & urban development, & independent agencies subcommittee, chair, 2001-02; transportation, treasury & general government subcommittee, 2003-); Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (public health & safety subcommittee, 1997-2001; chair, aging subcommittee, 2001, member, 1993-); Ethics Study Commission, 1993-96; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 2001-. Secretary, Democratic Conference, 1995-2004.

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.

Member, Baltimore City Council, 1971-76. Member, Bainbridge Re-Use Advisory Committee, 1996-97. 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. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004. Author, Capitol Offense (1996); Capitol Venture (1997). Honorary degrees from Morgan State University, 1990; Hood College; Goucher College, 1991; Pratt Institute, New York; and the Johns Hopkins University, 1995. Inducted into Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, 1988. Lester Levy Humanitarian Award, Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, 1993. Named Most Trustworthy Politician, Baltimore Magazine, 1996. Certificate of Appreciation, Federated Asian Pacific American Council, 1996. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 1997. Lifetime Achievement Award, Maryland Chapter, Arthritis Foundation, 1999. Bay Saving Excellence Award, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 2000. Visionary for Women's Health Award, National Institutes of Health, 2000. Order of Merit, Republic of Poland, 2001 (Poland's most prestigious award to a civilian not a head of state). Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Award, Baltimore Urban League, 2002. Connie Mack Award for Lifetime Achievement, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 2003. Pioneer Award, Maryland Waterman's Association, 2003. Friend of the National Parks Award, National Parks Conservation Association, 2003. Warren H. Pearse Lifetime Achievement Award, Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, 2003. Unsung Hero Award, American Legion, 2004. Chesapeake Appreciation Award, Oyster Recovery Partnership, 2004. Public Service Award, Emergency Nurses Association, 2004.

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