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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.

Barbara Mikulski

Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Creating Democratic Society
I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Guy Kind Share
Nancy [Kassebaum] and I worked on a women’s health agenda when I first came. Women were not included in the protocols at NIH, the famous study, ‘take an aspirin a day, keep the doctor, you know, a heart attack away.’ It was done on ten thousand male medical students.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Doctors Heart Males
You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Cant Pay Survival Symbol
I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I’ll be voting for a woman for president.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Believe Office Voting
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
Politics is social work with power.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Philanthropy Social Work
Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Bankruptcy Government Responsibility
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Men Stars Thinking
I think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Country Promoting Thinking Women
George Mitchell was a very good leader, and we were more than satisfied with his leadership. And I know the guys were jealous.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Guy Jealous Leader
One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity, and raise then my own money to carry me forth. And that’s how I got to be the first Democratic woman in the United States Senate’s history.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Bridge Missing Opportunity
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

Glasses Hero Moving
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Arms Social Together
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 think, though, with that whole sense of integrity and a lot of things that have been going on, the shared leadership rather than the titular head.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Integrity Thinking Whole

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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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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