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Senate Resolution Commemorates 20th Anniversary Communism Demise in Poland

12 May 2009 

Senator Barbara Mikulski
Senator Barbara Mikulski
On May 11, 2009, Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski introduced Senate Resolution (S. Res 139) commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism in Poland.  The Resolution co-sponsors are Senators Burris, Specter, Durbin, Voinovich, Inhofe, Schumer, Brownback, Levin, and Cardin.  "This Resolution, sponsored by a distinguished bipartisan group of Senators, shows the recognition Poland has in our United States Senate," said U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Victor Ashe.

Senate Resolution 139 praises Poles for their perseverance in the struggle for freedom. "Despite the harsh repression of the communist-led government and the great personal risk they faced, the Polish people struggled for freedom by staging strikes, publishing underground newspapers, organizing street protests, and speaking out against the economic and political failures of the communist regime."

Senator Barbara Mikulski, is an American politician of the Democratic Party, and the Senior Senator from the state of Maryland. She is Maryland's first female senator and currently the most senior female Senator, having served since 1987, and ranking 18th (out of 100) in seniority. She received 1,504,691 votes in her 2004 reelection campaign, the largest number of votes to date for a Senate candidate in Maryland. Senator Mikulski is the great-granddaughter of Polish immigrants and the oldest of three daughters of Christine Kutz and William Mikulski. 
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