Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague, the senior Senator from Maryland, for her leadership on this issue for protecting seniors and protecting women. It seems to me every time we have a battle that is about undercutting the benefits to women in America, Barbara Mikulski is on the Senate floor or in the halls and in various meeting rooms making sure that America knows what these proposals are. I could not have been more proud of her when she led all the women Senators on the Democratic side of the aisle to push back on the Bush Administration's proposal to privatize Social Security. At that point in time, she most succinctly told Americans that women, more than any other in that age group, would suffer because they live longer, they depend on Social Security, and if Social Security was privatized, women would feel the brunt of it. So I am proud to be out here this afternoon with her to talk about this proposal that has been--we cannot tell, because we do not know. We are not on the supercommittee. But it seems to be floating around in various forms, various organizations may be talking about it, the notion that we would change Social Security. I know at home in my State of Washington, people seem to be confused when we are talking about our budgets.…”