Barbara Mikulski
Barbara Mikulski
Barbara Ann Mikulskiis the senior United States Senator from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party, serving since 1987. Mikulski, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, is the longest-serving woman in the history of the United States Congress...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 July 1936
CountryUnited States of America
thinking maryland
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.
thinking promoting
I think George Mitchell believed in promoting women.
integrity thinking has-beens
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.
integrity thinking voice
I think the legacy was set because the way George Mitchell was the leader enabled Tom Daschle to be the leader he is. It carried on the spirit of integrity and of reform, of also working both with committee chairmen but bringing in the newer members to be able to have a voice and a say and participate in the deliberations, to always look at a modern way of doing it.
father thinking alzheimers
My own father had died of Alzheimer's. George [Mitchell] had been also, I think, deeply moved by a similar tragedy.
stars men thinking
Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he's swift on his feet, but one would not think of him as 'dancing with the stars.' And we had this great rock 'n' roll fund raiser.
thinking people leader
People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.
thinking creating mind
I think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.
thinking numbers accomplishment
I think George Mitchell was the right guy for the right time, and many people will note his spectacular foreign policy accomplishments, both in and out of office. I think all would note his devotion to Maine; that was number one. The fact he did work in a bipartisan basis with Bill Cohen. And for me, he helped the first Democratic woman get elected.
opportunity bridges missing
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.
school passion opportunity
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.
mean canada maine
When you're up in Maine, there is Canada, I mean it's looking right at you; it's a different viewpoint.
jobs nafta suspicious
I didn't know how we were going to get jobs out of NAFTA, but I tend to be suspicious of these things, like NAFTAs and WTOs and so on.
guy way kind
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.