Claire McCaskill

The notion that the campus has its hands tied if a woman is not willing to go to the police, if the…

— Claire McCaskill

I have been very independent from day I arrived in Washington.

— Claire McCaskill

I think people forget that when people lose Medicaid coverage, they still show up at the hospital when they have a chronic…

— Claire McCaskill

I believe that sexual assault - if this is possible - was even more underreported when I was in school.

— Claire McCaskill

I think that I was just on the cusp of the generation that was beginning to really challenge some of the assumptions…

— Claire McCaskill

I've tried for years to get Republicans to help us fix some of the mistakes that we made in the Affordable Care…

— Claire McCaskill

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

— Claire McCaskill

Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to…

— Claire McCaskill

What we have done with No Child Left Behind is squeeze the creativity out of the classroom because teachers have begun to…

— Claire McCaskill

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

— Claire McCaskill

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

— Claire McCaskill

I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I…

— Claire McCaskill

If every crime victim had to have perfect judgment, we could empty our prisons.

— Claire McCaskill

I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC.

— Claire McCaskill

When I was a single, working mom with a newborn, I learned just how vital it is to have comprehensive, affordable health…

— Claire McCaskill

You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need…

— Claire McCaskill

You never know what'll happen in politics.

— Claire McCaskill

All the movies where I play nice guys don't seem to do very well.

— Claire McCaskill

Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we…

— Claire McCaskill

We work for the public, and I believe that if a senator wants to block a piece of legislation or a nominee,…

— Claire McCaskill

Even though we know sexual assault is still dramatically underreported, I think women are much more empowered today than they used to…

— Claire McCaskill

For Donald Trump to dismiss out of hand the intelligence community's fact gathering is, frankly - doesn't bode well for him protecting…

— Claire McCaskill

You have to be willing to offend in order to make progress.

— Claire McCaskill

I'm going to wait for the confirmation hearings. I'm familiar with General [John Francis ] Kelly because of my work on the…

— Claire McCaskill

You can be a victim of a crime and not exercise great judgment. And when women have been sexually assaulted, they feel…

— Claire McCaskill