![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)
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
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.
![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 - 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 - [During] the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter [Fair Pay Act], equal pay for equal work, the women led that fight.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/during-the-passage-of-the-lilly-ledbetter-fair-pay-683x1024.jpg)
