Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" You never know what'll happen in politics. "
Claire McCaskill
Happen
Know
Never
Related Quotes:
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
Washington
Republican
Know
" Clearly, a large number of African-Americans don't have faith that the laws are being executed fairly in Ferguson, and that's a problem... We need to ensure Africans-Americans feel confident in the rule of law. "
Claire McCaskill
Feel
Confident
Problem
" As a member of the Aging Committee, I'm no stranger to fighting for America's seniors. "
Claire McCaskill
America
Aging
Seniors
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
You
Woman
Time
" 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
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
Compromise
Republican
Try
" 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
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
Security
Tiger
Fight
" 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
" After holding hearings to get input from Missourians, I led the fight to pass legislation that protects seniors from predatory lending in the mortgage industry. I stood up against efforts that would make it harder for seniors to vote, and battled telemarketers bent on defrauding seniors. "
Claire McCaskill
Seniors
Against
Fight
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
Important
Security
Mom
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
Country
Give
Government
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
Traffic
Through
Move
" 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
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
Think
Happy
People
" It's very American, making a lot of money. "
Claire McCaskill
Money
Very
Making
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
Justice
Job
Fight
" I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington. "
Claire McCaskill
Day
Independent
Washington
" 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
" I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span. "
Claire McCaskill
Think
Bad
Habit
" 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'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? "
Claire McCaskill
Day
Election
You
" We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities. "
Claire McCaskill
Young
Need
Law Enforcement
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
Same
Time
Left
" 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
" I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks. "
Claire McCaskill
Defeated
Think
Left
" Many countries struggle and never get to the point where people have faith that laws are executed fairly. "
Claire McCaskill
Point
Struggle
People
" 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. "
Claire McCaskill
Doing
Hard
Job