The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers
BARBARA BOXERThe 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’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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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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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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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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There has to a certain responsibility, whether it’s TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.
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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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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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The fact of the matter is actions speak louder than words.
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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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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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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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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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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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Perhaps, one of our greatest challenges as a nation, as a people, as human beings making sure that our grandkids can live on this Earth.
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