The difference between the very wealthy and the working poor has grown. We raise that minimum wage and we move forward with the vision of this president that we have, which is everyone pays their fair share.
BARBARA BOXER- You take what you’ve learned, you pass it down, and you keep working.
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More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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The difference between the very wealthy and the working poor has grown. We raise that minimum wage and we move forward with the vision of this president that we have, which is everyone pays their fair share.
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I think America should amass a strategy for success, and set out the milestones. We need to help the Iraqis get their democracy up and running, we’ve got to help them train their military and police and security people, and we’ve got to start moving out.
BARBARA BOXERI think America should amass a strategy for success, and set out the milestones. We need to help the Iraqis get their democracy up and running, we’ve got to help them train their military and police and security people, and we’ve got to start moving out.
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Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, ‘Thank God, I’m still alive.’ But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
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I know from my constituency what is going on. Doctors that are told, begged, by mothers, ‘Please don’t write down that my child as asthma. Please lie and say it’s bronchitis, because if you write down asthma, when my child turns 18 or 20 and has to get his or her own insurance, it will be a pre-existing condition.’
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I would love to see a march on Washington that says ‘Save our Social Security’
BARBARA BOXERI would love to see a march on Washington that says ‘Save our Social Security’
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Some people play golf. Some are artists, Some jog. I like to write.
BARBARA BOXERSome people play golf. Some are artists, Some jog. I like to write.
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The American people are beginning to see the Republicans’ willingness to trample over 200 years of history, to step on the minority, to push everybody out of the way because they want 100 percent. It’s rubbing the American people the wrong way. One-party rule is not good.
BARBARA BOXERThe American people are beginning to see the Republicans’ willingness to trample over 200 years of history, to step on the minority, to push everybody out of the way because they want 100 percent. It’s rubbing the American people the wrong way. One-party rule is not good.
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Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
BARBARA BOXERMedical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
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The Saudi government’s denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia’s economic development, modernization and prosperity.
BARBARA BOXERThe Saudi government’s denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia’s economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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If you don’t move to protect copyright, if you don’t move to protect our children, it’s not going to sit well
BARBARA BOXERIf you don’t move to protect copyright, if you don’t move to protect our children, it’s not going to sit well
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
BARBARA BOXERWhen service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
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We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there is a myth
BARBARA BOXERWe have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there is a myth
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You have to be an optimist to be in politics.
BARBARA BOXERYou have to be an optimist to be in politics.
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I am very enamored with the free press, and I was part of it for a period of time.
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The fact of the matter is actions speak louder than words.
BARBARA BOXERThe fact of the matter is actions speak louder than words.
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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.”
BARBARA BOXERIf 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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