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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.

Barbara Mikulski

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
Nothing really happened – I was elected in ’86 – until 1992, and that’s when the Anita Hill debacle happened.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Debacles Happened Hills
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Leader People Thinking
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
In my state [ Maryland] we’ve lost jobs to NAFTA, we did not gain jobs from NAFTA. But I think it’s very difficult when your state is right up against the northern border, you do see things differently.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Borders Jobs Thinking
I think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Country Promoting Thinking Women
I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Ambassadors Country United States
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
Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Bankruptcy Government Responsibility
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
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
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
I’m so proud of Maryland’s firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Firefighter Needs Training
I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Country Hurt Social
I would say that in some ways George Mitchell is kind of an old fashioned guy, in terms of these basic values, but he was a very modern person, encouraging, he was not only accepting but he was actually encouraging.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Guy Kind Way
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

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