Best Claire McCaskill Quotes
- 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. Came
- Many countries struggle and never get to the point where people have faith that laws are executed fairly. Countries
- We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities. African
- You have to be willing to offend in order to make progress. Make Progress
- When I was a single, working mom with a newborn, I learned just how vital it is to have comprehensive, affordable health care. Affordable
- Being a new mother was a joyful and sometimes overwhelming experience - and as the first Missouri female state legislator to have a baby while… Baby
- 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… Access
- 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… American
- 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. Based
- Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen… Abandoning
- 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.… Battled
- 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… Along
- 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… Believe
- It seems to me that before we give federal funds to police departments, we ought to mandate that they have body cams. Body
- I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span. All
- 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… Begun
- 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… Away Even