Close friends Quote by Barbara Mikulski
![“I knew of Senator [George] Mitchell because he was very close friends with who was soon to be the senior senator, Paul Sarbanes. Paul Sarbanes and George Mitchell were kind of pals together.” quote by Barbara Mikulski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2c8/barbara-mikulski-8601_close-friends_i-knew-of-senator-george-mitchell-becaus_2407216.jpg)
“I knew of Senator [George] Mitchell because he was very close friends with who was soon to be the senior senator, Paul Sarbanes. Paul Sarbanes and George Mitchell were kind of pals together.”
“I knew of Senator [George] Mitchell because he was very close friends with who was soon to be the senior senator, Paul Sarbanes. Paul Sarbanes and George Mitchell were kind of pals together.”
![“I think Paul Sarbanes and his wife Christine socialized with them [George and Heather Mitchell] more than I did, but we all hung out, or we saw each other in groups.” quote by Barbara Mikulski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/63d/barbara-mikulski-8601_christine_i-think-paul-sarbanes-and-his-wife-chris_2736275.jpg)
![“Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he's swift on his feet, but one would not think of him as 'dancing with the stars.' And we had this great rock 'n' roll fund raiser.” quote by Barbara Mikulski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a9b/barbara-mikulski-8601_dancing_senator-george-mitchell-is-a-man-of-many_934234.jpg)
![“I wanted to [share] what a gracious kind of guy George Mitchell was.” quote by Barbara Mikulski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/551/barbara-mikulski-8601_gracious_i-wanted-to-share-what-a-gracious-kind-o_854391.jpg)
![“In my very first term there was an issue that brought us [George Mitchell, Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd] together in a very deep, emotional, and personal level.It was called 'spousal impoverishment' and it meant that for one person [to go into] a nursing home, the family [ ], could go near bankruptcy…” quote by Barbara Mikulski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad5/barbara-mikulski-8601_bankruptcy_in-my-very-first-term-there-was-an-issue_146180.jpg)
![“Nancy [Kassebaum] and I worked on a women's health agenda when I first came. Women were not included in the protocols at NIH, the famous study, 'take an aspirin a day, keep the doctor, you know, a heart attack away.' It was done on ten thousand male medical students.” quote by Barbara Mikulski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/200/barbara-mikulski-8601_agendas_nancy-kassebaum-and-i-worked-on-a-women_275749.jpg)
