Claire McCaskill Quotes
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I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.
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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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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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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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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'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.
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When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.
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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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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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I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC.
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No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.'
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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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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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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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It's very American, making a lot of money.
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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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We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities.
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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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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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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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Well, I'm wrestling alligators.
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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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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.
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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.