Barbara Mikulski Quotes (51 Quotes)

You can't get more for less. You get what you pay for.

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.

We owe it to the American people to take our time to be sure the nominee will uphold their most basic and fundamental rights. The public demands this from the process, and deserve no less.

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.

I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.

Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.

Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

Regardless of how you feel about whether Plan B should be available in the community, the fact is the FDA decision should be based on science, not cultural controversy,

All of a sudden they're saying that a woman who was able to become head of the Texas Bar Association isn't qualified,

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.

I led the fight to add 300 million to NASA's budget last year for a Hubble servicing mission, and I plan to lead the fight again this year. This is what the American people expect and deserve,

I'll be looking for some co-sponsorship in the House, and I hope to get at least part of it passed in September, but I think it's going to take at least 18 months to get all the way there, ... It will take this session and part of the next to get it all done.

I find it incredibly sexist, because one need only look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in terms of intellectual heft.

College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.

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.

A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.

What the hell was going on in that Decatur plant ... What kind of mechanisms did you have in place to observe this The problem starts at the point of manufacture.

I believe that the future of Hubble should not be decided by one man in a NASA back room without a transparent process,

Courtrooms across the country are our protection against redlining and discrimination. The courts must not undo, rewrite or reinvent the spirit of our laws protecting American's civil rights. Whoever really believes in our court system, believes in our constitution. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees every American equal protection under the law.

The BRAC commission has acknowledged what Maryland already knows -- that Maryland is a one-stop shop for military technology, research and development,

The world has witnessed shameful acts committed by people who represent the United States in Iraq. Now America must show the world how the United States of America exercises the true principles of democracy - upholding the rule of law by administering jus

I have too many doubts about his commitment to nondiscrimination, the right of privacy and equal protection under the law.

I cannot believe the president searched the country and was unable to find a qualified female nominee, ... More likely, he was unable to find a qualified female nominee who satisfied that far right wing of the Republican Party.

This decision is among the top two that we're called upon to make,

The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch would love for us to fight each other over the resources they have made scarce.

Aren't we lucky to be represented by a group of women in the Senate who are so eloquent, so thoughtful, so passionate and so determined

As we move from an economy of affluence to an economy of scarcity, we must be careful that the people who make 5,000 a year are not pitted against those who make 25,000 a year by those who make 900,000.

Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations.

What would a Roberts court mean to thousands of girls who now have access to scholarships ... Is he going to close the door I'm not sure. That's why I come back to these nagging doubts.

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

I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.

When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves.

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

Every vote counts and every vote must be counted.

I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.

It's not his demeanor we're voting on. We're voting on what his judicial philosophy will mean for the court,

Do we want an Attorney General who will play politics with the law, play politics with the court and just play politics with international conventions designed to protect our troops? I do not want to play that kind of politics. I am going to vote against Alberto Gonzales.

I will stand sentry to support Medicare. I will stand sentry to make sure the promises made are promises kept.

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.

America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.

It's been one week since the vice president's chief of staff was indicted, and there are still very serious questions about how his White House misused and manufactured intelligence to sell and defend the war in Iraq ,

I have too many doubts about the direction a Roberts court will take us. Persistent, nagging doubts,

I don't want women and their families to be left out and left behind. We can fight for them. We will fight for them. They deserve better and I want to give them better.

I think leadership is creating a state of mind in others.

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.

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.

Our courts are charged with safeguarding the very principles America stands for justice, equality, individual liberty. That courthouse door must always be open, and when someone walks through that door they have to find an independent judiciary. I want to

The people of these states were victimized twice. First they were victimized by the hurricane. Second they were victimized by the ineptness of the government response.

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