Barbara Mikulski

“It's about the kitchen table issues. It's about the prices our constituents pay at the pump and the grocery store.”

“You don't get it by whining. You get it by hustling.”

“Calling on all our people to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.”

“We must make sure that our veterans have the care and the benefits that they have earned.”

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

“Some people want to be in the center of the world, but the real task is to be in the center of your own world.”

“I'm not a shrinking violet. I'm a fighting Polish woman.”

“Politics is social work with power.”

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

“Family is the cornerstone of our society. More than any other force, it shapes the attitudes, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of a child.”

“We're not going to be the U.S. of 'wait-a-minute.' We're going to be the U.S. of 'can-do.'”

“If we want to have a strong class="highlight">economy, we must have a strong middle class.”

“For our daughters and our granddaughters, now the sky is the limit.”