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I've faced the grief, I've faced the anger, and I'm ready to keep up the fight because America is worth fighting for.

Barbara Boxer

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Barbara Boxer
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: November 11
Congressional Staff
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United States Senator
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Brooklyn
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The Violence Against Women Act protects the lives of tens of thousands of domestic violence victims. But the U.S. must also support gender equality around the world, and that means acknowledging that some nations we consider to be our friends are no friends to women.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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If I can make a generalization, men get into politics because, from the time they're little boys, they've been wanting to be President.
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President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how.
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The job is never done and every generation has to fight again.
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Each issue has to be looked at as to whether or not it threatens a woman's health or her life, and if it does, you can't support it. And if she just wants to have her legal right to an abortion, she should be able to do it.
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I'm hopeful that the energy efficiency and public buildings bill will have their endorsement.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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Who knows when Donald Trump will have a press conference? Maybe he's just going to stay in Trump Tower and issue tweets - you know, gold-plated tweets to the American people. It's scary.
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Perhaps, one of our greatest challenges as a nation, as a people, as human beings making sure that our grandkids can live on this Earth.
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There has to a certain responsibility, whether it's TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.
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It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.
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I think we have to stop using the expression alt-right. It's ridiculous. It's racist, fascist, nationalist.
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There's a huge difference in the attitude of the people of the United States of America toward women in politics. It has taken an enormous turn toward equality.
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I've always thought of myself as a catalyst. Look, it's not without its perils. Ann Coulter called me learning disabled. The things people write about me.
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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.
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If it's racist, it's racist. If it's anti-Semitic, it's anti-Semitic. If it's anti-women, it's anti-women. If it's anti-immigrant, it's anti-immigrant, and we need to really strengthen our language, so that it is clear and not mushy.
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If you don't move to protect copyright, if you don't move to protect our children, it's not going to sit well
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So when you go up against the Far Right you go up against the big financial special interests like the Halliburtons of the world, the big oil companies, the big energy companies who work so hard to rip us off.
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Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources
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