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… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
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… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground. — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
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… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
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… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
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… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span. — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
I worry about the lack of experience that Rex Tillerson has had on the diplomatic front and, frankly, I think that's true for many… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
First of all, Donald Trump cabinet or - I call it the 3-G cabinet, Goldman, generals and gazillionaires. And I think it's one of… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
I want to compliment the fraternity and sorority organizations for taking the time to meet with us and then removing their support from the… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What is most heartbreaking to me is the young women who don't report [being raped] because they were drinking, and they feel like it… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No. — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
I have fought the establishment, run primaries, my entire career. I think that for Planned Parenthood or NARAL or the Human Rights Campaign to… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
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