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When you're up in Maine, there is Canada, I mean it's looking right at you it's a different viewpoint.
Barbara Mikulski
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Barbara Mikulski
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 20
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United States Senator
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Baltimore
Maryland
Barbara Ann Mikulski
Barbara A. Mikulski
Maine
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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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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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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.
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George Mitchell was a very good leader, and we were more than satisfied with his leadership. And I know the guys were jealous.
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We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work.
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Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.
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We’re going to foment our own revolution. So I say to the women out there in America, let’s keep this fight going! Put on your lipstick, square your shoulders, suit up, and let’s fight for a new American revolution where women are paid equal pay for equal work, and let’s end wage discrimination in this century once and for all!
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Nothing really happened - I was elected in '86 - until 1992, and that's when the Anita Hill debacle happened.
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