Sen. Barbara Mikulski is among the 2016 Medal of Freedom recipients
Source: Washington Post
Retiring Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) is among the 17 Americans who next week will be awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian honor.
The longest-serving woman in the history of Congress, Mikulski is being honored for her work on equal pay for women, science research and funding, health care and college affordability, the White House said.
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I am proud to have her as my Senator - and to take the opportunity to brag that she stopped by my workplace today to give an address !
General opinion at work: She's a real firecracker!
mcar
(42,474 posts)She is great and has a long record of service.
msrizzo
(796 posts)Really going to miss her.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)She deserves the medal of freedom. All of Maryland will miss her.
(Edited to change the name of the medal! Doh)
tabasco
(22,974 posts)I'm sure that won't happen but Western MD is a rancid pit of dittoheads.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)had said last spring that he wouldn't run for her seat. Yet the run for the presidency might have polished up his brand. Just wondering. In any case, supposedly the Dems have the upper hand, and it sounds like you'll have a pretty good selection to choose among there.