down the street from debbie's alma mater, michigan state university, at an old bar called the coral gables. there, as a college student, debbie was a regular working, of all things, as a folksinger. yes, debby sang part-time on the side back in college and many years later once in the senate her love of folk music led her to achieve a lifelong goal of singing with peter, paul, and mary, all for raising money for antibullying causes. she was in a little singing group. it was debbie and dan or something like that. i hope she mentioned it on the floor when she speaks. why do i mention this? simple, for debbie stabenow, the first woman to represent michigan in the u.s. senate, politics by itself has never been the end goal. for debbie, the end goal has always been her community and about building support foreworth -- for worthy causes, about being a constant presence in her hometown in lansing, or all over the state, getting to know everyone on a first-name basis. that's always been debbie hat a core. added to that a thirst for fairness, a love of complex problems, a knack and persistence for