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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.

Barbara Mikulski

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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Careers College Community
My own father had died of Alzheimer’s. George [Mitchell] had been also, I think, deeply moved by a similar tragedy.
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Alzheimer Father Thinking
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
I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

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

Bankruptcy Government Responsibility
Our seniors’ retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Political Retirement Senior
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
[During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Equal Pay Fighting Passages
The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable
BARBARA MIKULSKI

America Military Rights
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 always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

First Said Wanted
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 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
I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Guy Kind Share
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
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Country Job Minimum Wage

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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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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