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 MIKULSKIMartha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.
More Barbara Mikulski Quotes
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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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I think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.
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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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Our seniors’ retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
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Look how Bill Cohen and George Mitchell worked together. It’s the stuff of legends. And now it’s the stuff of almost ancient history, regrettably, but the way those two really worked together.
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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.
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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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I think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.
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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.
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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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Martha Pope herself is a legend within the institution, and he was enormously supportive. And me and the women candidates.
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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.
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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.
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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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Every vote counts and every vote must be counted
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