Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.
BARBARA MIKULSKICommunity 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.
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A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.
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I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.
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[During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.
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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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Nothing really happened – I was elected in ’86 – until 1992, and that’s when the Anita Hill debacle happened.
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I’m shocked at the sexism and double standard coming out of the far right.
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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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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.
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People aren’t for hitting.
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His great passion for education and [making sure] people have an opportunity. Of course that’s what came out of the George Mitchell Institute and his scholarships in those high schools.
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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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The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable
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I always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.
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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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America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.
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