I think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.
BARBARA MIKULSKIWhen you’re up in Maine, there is Canada, I mean it’s looking right at you; it’s a different viewpoint.
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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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People aren’t for hitting.
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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.
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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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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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When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors’ retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
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I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.
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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.
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Politics is social work with power.
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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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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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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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When it comes to standing up for veterans, we cannot be the Republicans and Democrats, we have to be the red, white, and blue party.
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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.
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You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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