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.
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.
More Barbara Boxer Quotes
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You have to be an optimist to be in politics.
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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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The job is never done and every generation has to fight again.
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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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The day you realize you’re a grownup is the day you realize that you have to do something. When we’re kids, we don’t have to do anything. Then all of a sudden you realize, if I want this to be better, I’ve got to do something.
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I’ve always thought the most patriotic thing you could do in a democracy is to speak the truth as you see it. And that’s what we’re supposed to be about in America. Freedom of speech.
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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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We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.
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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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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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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity
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Law enforcement officers are never ‘off duty.’ They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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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’m hopeful that the energy efficiency and public buildings bill will have their endorsement.
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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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