The Violence Against Women Act protects the lives of tens of thousands of domestic violence victims. But the U.S. must also support gender equality around the world, and that means acknowledging that some nations we consider to be our friends are no friends to women.
BARBARA BOXERWe have to treasure our country, our freedom, the progress we’ve made, and if we see any of that threatened, we have to respond.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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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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Nothing is alarmist with Donald Trump because you don’t really know what he’s going to do.
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In America, the system itself of democracy is being threatened.
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Our message will be that we’re going to make federal government buildings a model – an energy-efficient model – and also start matching grants for cities and counties so that they can also do the same with their government buildings.
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I’ve been there for so many crossroads in American history. My whole political life spans the birth of the environmental movement, the women’s movement, the civil rights movement, putting an end to unjust wars, and so and so.
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I’m hopeful that the energy efficiency and public buildings bill will have their endorsement.
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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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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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There has to a certain responsibility, whether it’s TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.
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If you want to be a leader, it doesn’t mean that you have to have an opinion on everything. But if you do have an opinion and it is clear and you feel strongly about it, then you should say it.
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You stand up to bullies. Don’t shrink back. You fight back with all your strength, and the press is going to have to do it, politicians are going to have to do it, all of us are going to have to do it.
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I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman’s right to choose, a good public education system.
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The job is never done and every generation has to fight again.
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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
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