Political Quotes

“Madam President, I am proud to be able to join my colleagues on the floor this afternoon in honoring Senator Barbara Mikulski for her service to Maryland and for the endless contributions she has made to the people of this country. It is very hard to adequately describe a political icon such as Barbara Mikulski. For all of us women in politics, she is a model of what we can aspire to or what we would hope to aspire to. I just want to tell a simple story about Barb that I think reflects her ability to get along with people, her zest for life, as so many of my colleagues have described, and the connection she makes that makes a difference for people. She and I were on a flight with four other Senators to the security forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a couple of years ago, and the weather was bad, so our flight was diverted to Bangor, ME. It was winter in New England, and of course, when there is bad weather in New England in the winter, it sticks around for a while, so we were trapped overnight in Bangor. Most of us just sort of sat there waiting to figure out what was going to be done while we waited for a flight the next day, but not Barbara because she doesn't sit still. She is never afraid to pick up the phone and take action, and that is exactly what she did. Barbara dialed up her old friend and colleague--the colleague of all of us-- Senator Susan Collins, and said: Guess where I am.…”