Claire McCaskill Quotes
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We have a lot of things we give away to people who are very, very wealthy in this country. And I'm not sure that our federal government can afford that.
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We work for the public, and I believe that if a senator wants to block a piece of legislation or a nominee, they owe the public an explanation.
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I never need to go far if I need a reminder of how important Medicare and Social Security are to Missouri's seniors. My mom, Betty Anne, is one of millions for whom these services provide a reliable safety net. Across the country, these protections are an integral part of sustaining millions of seniors' health and dignity.
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Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen our laws to prevent mass shootings.
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We still have not been able to move into those positions in our country that are really directing traffic among that 1 percent, and that's where women have to break through.
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Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.
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I am a small-town girl.
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As a member of the Aging Committee, I'm no stranger to fighting for America's seniors.
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You never know what'll happen in politics.
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All the movies where I play nice guys don't seem to do very well.
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There are three legs of the stool; spending, entitlements and making the tax code fair and equitable. That's the three legs of the stool. If we do all of those in a responsible, bipartisan way, I think the American people would all be very, very happy.
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We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities.
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What we have done with No Child Left Behind is squeeze the creativity out of the classroom because teachers have begun to just teaching to the test.
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Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect Social Security? I absolutely will.
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When I was a single, working mom with a newborn, I learned just how vital it is to have comprehensive, affordable health care.
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You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need to focus on making sure I'm accountable to the people of Missouri.
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I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first woman governor.' I kind of took that guy seriously - I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea.
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It's very American, making a lot of money.
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Many countries struggle and never get to the point where people have faith that laws are executed fairly.
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If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems.
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I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you?
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The political system loves the extremes, it doesn't so much show a lot love for the moderates.
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I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time.
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My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work.