I always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.
BARBARA MIKULSKIWhen you’re up in Maine, there is Canada, I mean it’s looking right at you; it’s a different viewpoint.
More Barbara Mikulski Quotes
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America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.
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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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When it comes to standing up for veterans, we cannot be the Republicans and Democrats, we have to be the red, white, and blue party.
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When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves
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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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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
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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 think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.
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I’m shocked at the sexism and double standard coming out of the far right.
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Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.
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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.
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Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.
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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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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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Every vote counts and every vote must be counted
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