Barbara Mikulski
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"Barbara Ann Mikulski" is the senior United States Senate/United States Senator from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party, serving since 1987. Mikulski, a former United States House of Representatives/United States Representative from 1977 to 1987, is the longest-serving woman in the history of the United States Congress/U.S. Congress.

Raised in the Highlandtown, Baltimore/Highlandtown neighborhood of East Baltimore, Mikulski attended Mount Saint Agnes College and the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Originally a social worker and community organizer, she was elected to the Baltimore City Council in 1971 after delivering a highly publicized address on the "ethnic movement" in America. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, and in 1986 she became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Maryland.

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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.

When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.

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

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.

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 justice in a swift, transparent and fair manner.

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

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.

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