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We work on macro issues and macaroni and cheese issues. When women are in the halls of power, our national debate reflects the needs and dreams of American families.

Barbara Mikulski

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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Close Friend Senior Soon Together
My own father had died of Alzheimer’s. George [Mitchell] had been also, I think, deeply moved by a similar tragedy.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Alzheimer Father Thinking
We work on macro issues and macaroni and cheese issues. When women are in the halls of power, our national debate reflects the needs and dreams of American families.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Badass Dream Issues
Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Bankruptcy Government Responsibility
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Age Important Safety
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Bob Giving Way
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Jobs Know Nafta Suspious
I’m shocked at the sexism and double standard coming out of the far right.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Coming Double Out Standard
America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Country Melting Pot
Every vote counts and every vote must be counted
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Count Every Person Vote
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
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Country Job Minimum Wage
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

Believe Helping Others Volunteer
What I like best in Baltimore is the people, the neighborhoods and what goes on in the neighborhoods. Each has its own stories, own diners and own quirks. It’s about community. I also like everything Old Bay.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Community Goes On People
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Careers College Community
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
Politics is social work with power.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Philanthropy Social Work

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