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Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#bankruptcy #cruel #due #family #government

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#am #american #american families #american women #country

I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs aren't paying enough to keep families out of poverty. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#country #enough #families #i #job

I will fight in the United States Senate this year to fund a servicing mission to Hubble by 2008, a mission that would potentially increase Hubble's power and efficiency by a factor of 10 and allow us to look back almost to the beginning of the universe. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#almost #back #beginning #efficiency #factor

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. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#equipment #firefighters #i #lives #maryland

Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#bull #market #never #our #political

The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#count #difference #dollar #earn #every

The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#american #citizen #concept #counted #democracy

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own. ↗

— John Wanamaker

#cannot #courtesies #like #must #own

The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#anything #conduct #highest #highest standards #holds