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.
BARBARA MIKULSKII think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.
More Barbara Mikulski Quotes
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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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Politics is social work with power.
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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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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.
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College is part of the American dream. It shouldnt be part of a financial nightmare for families
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Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
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I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.
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The family is not only a living arrangement. It has always been a symbol of survival.
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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.
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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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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.
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You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
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I think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.
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I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I’ll be voting for a woman for president.
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[During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.
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His great passion for education and [making sure] people have an opportunity. Of course that’s what came out of the George Mitchell Institute and his scholarships in those high schools.
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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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I’m so proud of Maryland’s firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources.
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I would say George Mitchell was like Clark Kent sometimes with his horn rimmed glasses and his very quiet manner. People say, well, he’s just a quiet leader, but then he emerges as super hero and begins to move this legislation. He led by example.
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Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.
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I’m shocked at the sexism and double standard coming out of the far right.
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In American Society today, we need to have volunteerism. I truly believe that it is the glue that will hold us together and it will be the energy that will take us into the 21st century.
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I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country
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I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.
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When you’re up in Maine, there is Canada, I mean it’s looking right at you; it’s a different viewpoint.
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