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" Frankly, earmarking is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem. "
Claire McCaskill
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Frankly
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" You have to be willing to offend in order to make progress. "
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" I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span. "
Claire McCaskill
Think
Bad
Habit
" 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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Country
Give
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" I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I've just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things. "
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Independence
Party
" It seems to me that before we give federal funds to police departments, we ought to mandate that they have body cams. "
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Body
Me
Police
" We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities. "
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Young
Need
Law Enforcement
" Being a new mother was a joyful and sometimes overwhelming experience - and as the first Missouri female state legislator to have a baby while in office, having heath care for myself and my son gave me some needed peace of mind. "
Claire McCaskill
Experience
Myself
Mother
" When I was a prosecutor in Kansas City, my job was to fight for justice and safety for all citizens in my community. Equal access to justice under the law is an American value embedded in the fabric of our legal and political system - the idea that anybody, powerful or not, can have their day in court. "
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Justice
Job
Fight
" I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then. "
Claire McCaskill
Know
You
Politics
" I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time. "
Claire McCaskill
Think
Government
Long
" Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue. "
Claire McCaskill
Pro-Choice
Political
Always
" I am a small-town girl. "
Claire McCaskill
Small-Town
I Am
Girl
" I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC. "
Claire McCaskill
Regular
Super
Asking
" When I was a single, working mom with a newborn, I learned just how vital it is to have comprehensive, affordable health care. "
Claire McCaskill
Single
Care
Mom
" You never know what'll happen in politics. "
Claire McCaskill
Happen
Know
Never
" As a member of the Aging Committee, I'm no stranger to fighting for America's seniors. "
Claire McCaskill
America
Aging
Seniors
" I don't know how anyone can keep a straight face and say they are for deficit reduction while they insist on a permanent tax cut for the wealthiest Americans, completely unpaid for. "
Claire McCaskill
Permanent
Tax
Face
" I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington. "
Claire McCaskill
Day
Independent
Washington
" All the movies where I play nice guys don't seem to do very well. "
Claire McCaskill
Movies
Where
Seem
" The U.S. military is the best-trained, most effective fighting force the world has ever known. And the conduct of the vast majority of our service members makes Americans rightfully proud. "
Claire McCaskill
World
Force
Service
" When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate the place where compromises are supposed to happen because of the makeup of the Senate. "
Claire McCaskill
People
Ideas
You
" There's nothing that irritates Americans more than the fact that some members of Congress think they are entitled to their own set of rules. And it's true - too many people in Washington live in an alternate reality. "
Claire McCaskill
Rules
People
Think
" Many countries struggle and never get to the point where people have faith that laws are executed fairly. "
Claire McCaskill
Point
Struggle
People
" I'm going to work with Republicans when they do things I agree with and I'm going to fight Republicans when they're doing things that I think are damaging. "
Claire McCaskill
Going
Doing
Work
" Along with my colleagues Mark Warner and Sheldon Whitehouse, I have been working to end the process of secret holds, which is when senators anonymously block legislation or nominations without explanation. "
Claire McCaskill
Mark
Working
Process
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
Child
Test
Teachers
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
I Believe
Believe
Legislation
" Only in Washington would the Republican operatives get the entire press corps ginned up over the notion that I'm going to be home campaigning instead of going to a bunch of worthless parties at a convention that's only being held to do something we all know is going to happen anyway. "
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Washington
Republican
Know
" Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly. "
Claire McCaskill
Public
Your
You
" The NRA grades senators and representatives based on their votes on gun issues - and even on issues that have little-to-nothing to do with guns. "
Claire McCaskill
Senators
Even
Grades