Barbara Boxer Quotes (90 Quotes)

These measures are all about a power grab by Gov. Schwarzenegger that hurts our children, our schools and our teachers.

With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'.

The Republican Senate has shown its true colorsit is clear by their overwhelming support for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that they have no respect for the environment.

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.

To my constituents, today's hearing is about shared sacrifices in tough times versus oil company greed, ... Working people struggle with high gas prices and your sacrifices appear to be nothing.

To call a doctor an executioner is wrong.

When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that.

I do not believe that this nomination was withdrawn simply because of the president's refusal to release White House documents. That is a fig leaf to cover the real problem which was a badly mismanaged and rush nomination.

We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from decent, loyal Americans. This great Constitution of ours should never be used to make a group of Americans permanent second-class citizens.

Some people play golf. Some are artists, Some jog. I like to write,

I am pro-choice and he says Roe vs. Wade is wrong. I oppose new offshore oil drilling he doesn't. He would build 'Star Wars' and take the money out of the Social Security surplus,

You can't just sit here and divorce yourself from the fact that they set up a holding company ... that does nothing but move forward with a boycott of Israel.

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, told a Washington news conference Wednesday, We now have a Republican presidential ticket that's to the right of the gun lobby. ... most hostile to sensible gun laws of any ticket in history.

You don't unite this country when you pick someone for your Cabinet who is so far out of the mainstream that it really divides the country,

We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.

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.

He (Craig) got caught weakening the gun laws. A lot of people here got sucked in and got upset.

Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate... We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman's right to choose.

The president has selected a loyal political ally without a judicial record to sit on the highest court in the land,

rebuilding the Middle East.

If you don't move to protect copyright, if you don't move to protect our children, it's not going to sit well.

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

Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.

Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.

FEMA told her staff that this was standard operation procedure, ... standard operating procedure is not what we should be following during this time of crisis.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We didn't learn our lesson after the '93 World Trade Center bombing we didn't learn our lesson after Sept. 11. We don't need anymore failures.

Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources.

We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice.

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.

Dick Cheney is a nice man. He has a nice demeanor, and he's nice to talk to, and all that's very important, ... I want to see compassion. I don't see compassion in the voting record.

If you can't repeal her right to choose, take away her ability to pay for what is legal,

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.'

We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.

Boxer doesn't want to ruin surprises for her readers, but says she couldn't do some of the things Ellen did in the Supreme Court battle. I wouldn't want to have to do it the way she did it, ... My world is the real world, her world is the fiction world. I wouldn't want to have what happens in the book happen in real life.

The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers.

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.