I think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.
BARBARA MIKULSKIWe, 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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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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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 wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.
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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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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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You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that’s a hallmark of a very good leader.
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Every vote counts and every vote must be counted
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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.
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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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I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I’ll be voting for a woman for president.
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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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People aren’t for hitting.
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