If it’s racist, it’s racist. If it’s anti-Semitic, it’s anti-Semitic. If it’s anti-women, it’s anti-women. If it’s anti-immigrant, it’s anti-immigrant, and we need to really strengthen our language, so that it is clear and not mushy.
BARBARA BOXERThe point is that what we want, Democrats, and what we’ve always wanted, is to make abortion safe, legal, and rare.
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Just look at the Judiciary Committee, You have some people on the Judiciary Committee who may well decide not to send the nomination to the floor, and now it all depends on what Democrats do.
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I think being prepared for anything is the way to go.
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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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I don’t know how long I’m going to live, but I hope my seeds are pretty good.
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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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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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When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, ‘Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?’ They want that.
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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.
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The press is critical at this time, and if you look at history, this is so critical.
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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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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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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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There has to a certain responsibility, whether it’s TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.
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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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