Senator Unleashes ‘Volcanic’ Response to Failed Vote (VIDEO)

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., expresses her disappointment over Wednesday’s failure to move forward on the Paycheck Fairness Act.

In a near volcanic eruption on the Senate floor, Mikulski said:

“To simply get a vote on the Senate floor, we have to vote on a motion to proceed on whether we’re even going to take it up. And because this is now going to require a sixty vote majority because of the invocation of this fog of filibuster, we can’t even get to a majority vote on how to insure women get equal pay for equal work.”

“No wonder people are fed up with us,” Mikulski added. “They wonder about us why, when all is said and done, why more gets said than gets done.”

She goes on to exclaim:

“It brings tears to my eye to know how women every single day are working so hard and are getting paid less. It makes me emotional to hear that. Then when I hear all these phony reasons, some are mean and some are meaningless, I do get emotional. I get angry, I get outraged, I get volcanic.”

You can watch Mikulski in action, below:

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