Quotes by Claire McCaskill

About Claire McCaskill:

Claire Conner McCaskill is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who serves as the senior United States Senator from Missouri. The first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Missouri in her own right, she defeated Republican incumbent Jim Talent in the 2006 election, by a margin of 49.6% to 47.3%. She became the state's senior U.S. Senator upon the retirement of Kit Bond in 2011 and won a bid for re-election in 2012, defeating Republican Todd Akin by a margin of 54.7% to 39.2%.
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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.

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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 a...

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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'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 s...

Claire McCaskill

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 a...

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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 think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.

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Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and saw them enforced.

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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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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.

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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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Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.

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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 a...

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The political system loves the extremes, it doesn't so much show a lot love for the moderates.

Claire McCaskill

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.

Claire McCaskill

Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue.

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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 am a small-town girl.

Claire McCaskill

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.

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Author Bio

  • NameClaire McCaskill
  • DescriptionUnited States Senator from Missouri
  • BornJuly 24, 1953
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer; Prosecutor