The family is not only a living arrangement. It has always been a symbol of survival.
BARBARA MIKULSKI
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 Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/there-were-times-though-when-the-women-came-togeth-683x1024.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/nancy-kassebaum-and-i-worked-on-a-womens-health-ag-683x1024.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/on-the-most-recent-battles-on-health-insurance-ref-683x1024.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/i-knew-of-senator-george-mitchell-because-he-was-v-683x1024.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - My own father had died of Alzheimer’s. George [Mitchell] had been also, I think, deeply moved by a similar tragedy.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/my-own-father-had-died-of-alzheimers-george-mitche-683x1024.jpg)
![Barbara Mikulski Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/in-my-state-maryland-weve-lost-jobs-to-nafta-we-di-683x1024.jpg)
