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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.

Barbara Mikulski

I think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Country Promoting Thinking Women
I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.
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Guy Kind Share
I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.
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Ambassadors Country United States
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Battle Issues Reform
I didn’t know how we were going to get jobs out of NAFTA, but I tend to be suspicious of these things, like NAFTAs and WTOs and so on.
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Jobs Know Nafta Suspious
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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Close Friend Senior Soon Together
Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.
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Legends Pope Supportive
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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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.
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Careers College Community
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.
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Arms Social Together
Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.
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Creating Democratic Society
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Guy Kind Way
People aren’t for hitting.
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Hitting People Violence
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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Able Doctors Redemption
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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Opportunity Passion School
Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
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Bankruptcy Government Responsibility

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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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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