Senator Barbara Mikulski Calls Out Reporter's Tweet In Real Time On The Congress Floor

Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, called out a BuzzFeed Politics reporter’s tweets in real time.

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Mikulski’s Twitter reference occurred during a Senate committee hearing on cybersecurity.

Rosie Gray, a reporter at BuzzFeed Politics, tweeted a critique of Mikulski and California Senator Dianne Feinstein, who defends the government’s digital surveillance programs, from the press table at the conference:

.@senatorbarb is trying hard to keep the other senators from asking Gen.