When you have a president-elect who calls the press every name in the book, I think it’s a warning shot across the bow, and you go back to what you learn when you were a child.
BARBARA BOXERMedical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
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We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world – we need to make them accessible to every American.
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I don’t know how long I’m going to live, but I hope my seeds are pretty good.
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We have to treasure our country, our freedom, the progress we’ve made, and if we see any of that threatened, we have to respond.
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Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
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The combined efforts of millions of concerned citizens could do wonders to help the impoverished. The American people are ready for action!
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In the early stages of a pregnancy, the Government cannot intervene with a woman’s right to choose. That is it, plain and simple. Guess what. We are not going to be big brother or sister, as the case may be. We are going to allow a woman, her doctor, and her God to make that decision.
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Could you say ‘senator’ instead of ‘ma’am? It’s just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I’d appreciate it
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Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I’m going to fight for you. I’m going to fight for what’s right. I’m going to fight to hold people accountable
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I must be doing something right. I was raised to stand up to the bully in the schoolyard, and you don’t lose that.
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Each issue has to be looked at as to whether or not it threatens a woman’s health or her life, and if it does, you can’t support it. And if she just wants to have her legal right to an abortion, she should be able to do it.
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Since 1980, we’ve used reconciliation 22 times, and out of those times, Republicans used it 16 times. So, earth to my Republican friends, you can have your option but you cannot change these facts. They’re in the Congressional Record
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You take what you’ve learned, you pass it down, and you keep working.
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I’m not leaving the fight just because I decided not to run. I’m going to expand my political action committee and volunteer for it. I’m going to do lots of other things where I will have a voice. So I’m not leaving the fight.
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I think we have to stop using the expression “alt-right.” It’s ridiculous. It’s racist, fascist, nationalist.
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I would not run for president. I really like what I’m doing now. People say I’m giving them energy and hope.
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I’ve always thought of myself as a catalyst. Look, it’s not without its perils. Ann Coulter called me “learning disabled.” The things people write about me.
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Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past time to close this tragic chapter in American history.
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My understanding of the Electoral College is that they have the right to vote for who they want. So they should vote their conscience, and if their conscience leads them that way, they should follow their conscience.
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I’ve faced the grief, I’ve faced the anger, and I’m ready to keep up the fight because America is worth fighting for.
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If you dared to put your opinion into a factual piece, your editors said, “You can’t do this. Write an op-ed.”
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If I can make a generalization, men get into politics because, from the time they’re little boys, they’ve been wanting to be President.
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Who knows when Donald Trump will have a press conference? Maybe he’s just going to stay in Trump Tower and issue tweets – you know, gold-plated tweets to the American people. It’s scary.
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Let me tell you, life is interesting regardless of when you are in the fight.
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If something is opinion, put it in the opinion section: Don’t put it in the facts section.
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I would love to see a march on Washington that says ‘Save our Social Security’
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We are all different. Yet we are all God’s children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.
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