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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.

Barbara Mikulski

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
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
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

People Rich Years
America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Country Melting Pot
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
Our seniors’ retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Political Retirement Senior
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Able Doctors Redemption
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.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Heathers Thinking Wife
The family is not only a living arrangement. It has always been a symbol of survival.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Family Survival Symbols
America must continue diplomacy, even as we continue the war, to expand the coalition of the willing to share the burden of war and to share the responsibility and the economic cost of rebuilding Iraq.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Iraq Responsibility War
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
[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
I would say George Mitchell was like Clark Kent sometimes with his horn rimmed glasses and his very quiet manner. People say, well, he’s just a quiet leader, but then he emerges as super hero and begins to move this legislation. He led by example.
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Glasses Hero Moving
Every vote counts and every vote must be counted
BARBARA MIKULSKI

Count Every Person Vote
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
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

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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