I’m shocked at the sexism and double standard coming out of the far right.
BARBARA MIKULSKII think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.
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I think Paul Sarbanes and his wife Christine socialized with them [George and Heather Mitchell] more than I did, but we all hung out, or we saw each other in groups.
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George Mitchell was a very good leader, and we were more than satisfied with his leadership. And I know the guys were jealous.
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A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.
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Our seniors’ retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
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Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.
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Politics is social work with power.
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I would say that in some ways George Mitchell is kind of an old fashioned guy, in terms of these basic values, but he was a very modern person, encouraging, he was not only accepting but he was actually encouraging.
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I will fight in the United States Senate this year to fund a servicing mission to Hubble by 2008, a mission that would potentially increase Hubbles power and efficiency by a factor of 10 and allow us to look back almost to the beginning of the universe.
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I always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.
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I knew of Senator [George] Mitchell because he was very close friends with who was soon to be the senior senator, Paul Sarbanes. Paul Sarbanes and George Mitchell were kind of pals together.
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On the most recent battles on health insurance reform, the women led the battle to end gender discrimination by the insurance companies [where] women paid more and got less of a benefit, and also the whole issue of prevention.
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Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.
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Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
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The family is not only a living arrangement. It has always been a symbol of survival.
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We must be careful that the people who make $5,000 a year are not pitted against those that make $25,000 a year by those who make $900,000.
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