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Barbara Boxer

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    Each issue has to be looked at as to whether or not it threatens a woman's health or her life, and if it does, you can't support it. And if she just wants to have her legal right to an abortion, she should be able to do it.

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    Barbara Boxer

    Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable

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    Barbara Boxer

    Even though the press at times made me completely crazy as they followed me around the hall, and asked tough questions over and over again - now believe me, every politician feels this way - it is a necessary part of our life, and we must have a press that isn't cowed and won't be afraid of ratings if they get put to the back of the room at a press conference.

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    Barbara Boxer

    Every American at some point has got to make the connection between their own hopes and dreams and who is elected to office. It's essential. It's very easy to pull the covers up over your head and say, "I can't handle it. Too much." But we just have to handle it and we have to accept that it's our job. Each of us. Nobody is going to take care of it.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    I am saying there are women in the Senate, there are women in governorships, there are women in statewide office, there are women in the House, and I do think we can't ignore the fact that we have had the first woman ever win a nomination of a major party and the first woman ever winning the popular vote. So I think the table is set for a woman in the near future. I really do.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    I am very enamored with the free press, and I was part of it for a period of time.

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    Barbara Boxer

    I believe in truth-telling. So let's call it what it is. It's very troubling to see people like Bannon who make anti-Semitic remarks, who has a very checkered past be sitting next to the president of the United States. It puts an absolute responsibility on all of us to call it the way we see it and not use expressions like "alt-right.

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    Barbara Boxer

    I can't predict if I will see a woman president, but I think I may well because, again, Hillary Clinton got more votes probably than any other Democratic candidate ever, except for Obama. But she got more votes than Trump and she got more votes than Richard Nixon got when he won the election, more votes than John Kennedy got when he won.

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    Barbara Boxer

    I don't know how long I'm going to live, but I hope my seeds are pretty good.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    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.

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    Barbara Boxer

    If something is opinion, put it in the opinion section: Don't put it in the facts section.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary anymore.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    I'm a very big believer in collaboration and teamwork.

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    Barbara Boxer

    I'm hopeful that the energy efficiency and public buildings bill will have their endorsement.

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    Barbara Boxer

    I'm not leaving the fight just because I decided not to run. I'm going to expand my political action committee and volunteer for it. I'm going to do lots of other things where I will have a voice. So I'm not leaving the fight.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    In America, the system itself of democracy is being threatened.

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    Barbara Boxer

    In the early stages of a pregnancy, the Government cannot intervene with a woman's right to choose. That is it, plain and simple. Guess what. We are not going to be big brother or sister, as the case may be. We are going to allow a woman, her doctor, and her God to make that decision.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    Iraq was a war of choice, not necessity.

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    Barbara Boxer

    I take great solace in the fact that Donald Trump lost the popular vote. Hillary Clinton got over 2.5 million more votes than Donald Trump got. So I can't say in any way that the people think that harassing women is appropriate. So I don't think we should read into his victory the fact that, you know, women's rights are going to be diminished.

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    Barbara Boxer

    I think America should amass a strategy for success, and set out the milestones. We need to help the Iraqis get their democracy up and running, we've got to help them train their military and police and security people, and we've got to start moving out.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    I think the scientists have really caught the attention of the people of this country, and of course, they elected representatives by their very clear pronouncement that if we don't do something, we'll be in a lot of trouble.

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    Barbara Boxer

    I think we have to stop using the expression "alt-right." It's ridiculous. It's racist, fascist, nationalist.

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    Barbara Boxer

    I think we need to get back to truth-based news. It won't be easy, but we better do it because otherwise we're not acting on information.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    It's good I was born in Brooklyn. You learn how to take care of yourself.

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    Barbara Boxer

    It's very important to face the grief, face the anger, and then get into a place where you are ready to fight because if you go back to the history of the United States of America, our Founders said we're giving you a Republic if you can keep it, and they also said we have a Constitution and we're going to form a more perfect union.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    I've faced the grief, I've faced the anger, and I'm ready to keep up the fight because America is worth fighting for.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    I would love to see a march on Washington that says 'Save our Social Security'

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    Barbara Boxer

    I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.

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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    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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    Barbara Boxer

    Let me tell you, life is interesting regardless of when you are in the fight.

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    Barbara Boxer

    Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.