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[During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.

Barbara Mikulski

There were times, though, when the women came together on a partisan basis. [When we stopped] the privatization of Social Security during George Bush, we linked arms.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Arms Social Together
When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors’ retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Retirement Senior Sick
Community colleges are one of Americas great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Careers College Community
Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he’s swift on his feet, but one would not think of him as ‘dancing with the stars.’ And we had this great rock ‘n’ roll fund raiser.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Men Stars Thinking
You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Cant Pay Survival Symbol
I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Guy Kind Share
I think George Mitchell was good for Maryland in the sense that he helped me get elected. It doesn’t get any better than that from here on.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Country Elect Help Maryland People Sense Thinking
In my state [ Maryland] we’ve lost jobs to NAFTA, we did not gain jobs from NAFTA. But I think it’s very difficult when your state is right up against the northern border, you do see things differently.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Borders Jobs Thinking
Nothing really happened – I was elected in ’86 – until 1992, and that’s when the Anita Hill debacle happened.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Debacles Happened Hills
I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs arent paying enough to keep families out of poverty
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Country Job Minimum Wage
We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting – our shoulders square, our lipstick on – because you deserve equal pay for your hard work.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Fighting Hard Square Work
I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Ambassadors Country United States
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Close Friend Senior Soon Together
I think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Creating Mind Thinking
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Able Doctors Redemption
Our seniors’ retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Political Retirement Senior

[During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.

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