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The press is critical at this time, and if you look at history, this is so critical.

Barbara Boxer

The fact of the matter is actions speak louder than words.
BARBARA BOXER

Action Fact Louder Matter Speak Words
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.
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Book Children Thinking
Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement
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Commitment Country Destruction War
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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Appreciate Senator Titles
In America, the system itself of democracy is being threatened.
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Country Democracy Threatened
The job is never done and every generation has to fight again.
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Fighting Generations Jobs
I’ve gone through so many of these stages of defeat and loss and victory, the ups and downs, that I know how to handle it.
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Gone Loss Victory
If we turn our back on the people of this country who need to work for a living, we shouldn’t be here, to be honest, because that has to be an essential part of what we do to protect the country, from the standpoint of defense, protect workers and make sure they have jobs.
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Country Job People
There’s a huge difference in the attitude of the people of the United States of America toward women in politics. It has taken an enormous turn toward equality.
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Attitude Differences Taken
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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Country Progress Treasure
We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight – the fight for electoral justice.
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Environmental Fighting Justice
Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
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Country Political Voting
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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Editors Pieces Writing
So when you go up against the Far Right you go up against the big financial special interests like the Halliburtons of the world, the big oil companies, the big energy companies who work so hard to rip us off.
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Interest Oil Rip Special
I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one’s retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.
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Pieces Retirement Thinking
President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don’t have it. He didn’t specify how.
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Addresses Country President
The press is critical at this time, and if you look at history, this is so critical.
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Critical Looks Time
To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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Believe Military Respect
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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Bully Loses Raised
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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Issues People Scary
Some people play golf. Some are artists, Some jog. I like to write.
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Artist Golf Writing
It is in Saudi Arabia’s best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.
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Country Office Running Vote Women
You take what you’ve learned, you pass it down, and you keep working.
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Down Keep Learn Work
I am sure that every one of my colleagues “Democrat, Republican, and Independent” agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.
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Independent Vote Voting
Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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Home Life Privacy
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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Doctors Needs Technology
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
BARBARA BOXER

Earth Facts Records

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