![Barbara Mikulski Quote - George [Mitchell] introduced the idea that we’d go on a retreat [and] to really regularize caucuses. He’s the one who had I think [Tom] Daschle become the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, so I think it lived through with Tom.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/george-mitchell-introduced-the-idea-that-wed-go-on.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - George [Mitchell] introduced the idea that we’d go on a retreat [and] to really regularize caucuses. He’s the one who had I think [Tom] Daschle become the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, so I think it lived through with Tom.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/grey-george-mitchell-introduced-the-idea-that.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - George [Mitchell] introduced the idea that we’d go on a retreat [and] to really regularize caucuses. He’s the one who had I think [Tom] Daschle become the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, so I think it lived through with Tom.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/blue-george-mitchell-introduced-the-idea-that.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - George [Mitchell] introduced the idea that we’d go on a retreat [and] to really regularize caucuses. He’s the one who had I think [Tom] Daschle become the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, so I think it lived through with Tom.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/red-george-mitchell-introduced-the-idea-that.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - George [Mitchell] introduced the idea that we’d go on a retreat [and] to really regularize caucuses. He’s the one who had I think [Tom] Daschle become the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, so I think it lived through with Tom.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/brown-george-mitchell-introduced-the-idea-that.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - George [Mitchell] introduced the idea that we’d go on a retreat [and] to really regularize caucuses. He’s the one who had I think [Tom] Daschle become the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, so I think it lived through with Tom.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/white-george-mitchell-introduced-the-idea-that.jpg)
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - Senator Paul Sarbanes really was a big help to me. He was so well known and so well respected, and he said, “Give her a chance here.” And he showed me the ways of power and the corridors of power, [as did] Bob Byrd. [They] helped with [my] committee assignments.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/senator-paul-sarbanes-really-was-a-big-help-to-me--683x1024.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - [During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/during-the-passage-of-the-lilly-ledbetter-fair-pay-683x1024.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - George [Mitchell] introduced the idea that we’d go on a retreat [and] to really regularize caucuses. He’s the one who had I think [Tom] Daschle become the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, so I think it lived through with Tom.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/george-mitchell-introduced-the-idea-that-wed-go-on-683x1024.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - My own father had died of Alzheimer’s. George [Mitchell] had been also, I think, deeply moved by a similar tragedy.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/my-own-father-had-died-of-alzheimers-george-mitche-683x1024.jpg)
