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Barbara Boxer Biography

Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is a retired American politician who served as a United States Senator for California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives 1983 to 1993.

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I think we have to stop using the expression "alt-right. " It's ridiculous. It's racist, fascist, nationalist.

Thinking, Expression, Racist, Stop, Nationalist

It's good I was born in Brooklyn. You learn how to take care of yourself.

Born, Brooklyn, Care, Take

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.

Boys, Make, Men, Politics, President, Wanting

We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.

Accessible, Doctors, Greatest, Needs, Technology

I believe in truth-telling. So let's call it what it is. It's very troubling to see people like Bannon who make anti-Semitic remarks, who has a very checkered past be sitting next to the president of the United States. It puts an absolute responsibility on all of us to call it the way we see it and not use expressions like "alt-right. "

Believe, Responsibility, Past, Sitting, Troubling

I think being prepared for anything is the way to go.

Prepared, Think, Thinking, Way

I've gone through so many of these stages of defeat and loss and victory, the ups and downs, that I know how to handle it.

Defeat, Gone, Loss, Stages, Ups, Victory

There has to a certain responsibility, whether it's TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.

Responsibility, Tv News, Facts, Fact, Sort

Iraq was a war of choice, not necessity.

Choice, Iraq, Necessity, Peace, War

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.

Clear, Language, Needs, Racist

I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.

Retirement, Thinking, Pieces, Secure, Basic, Absolute

I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system.

Democrats, Dream, Fighting, Rights, Thinking

I'm a very big believer in collaboration and teamwork.

Teamwork, Collaboration, Bigs, Big, Believer

Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.

Counted, Country, Matters, Political, Voting

My understanding of the Electoral College is that they have the right to vote for who they want. So they should vote their conscience, and if their conscience leads them that way, they should follow their conscience.

College, Understanding, Want, Follow, Way

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.

Issues, Support, Abortion, Issue, Looked

We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.

Build, Democracy, Giving, Hands

In the early stages of a pregnancy, the Government cannot intervene with a woman's right to choose. That is it, plain and simple. Guess what. We are not going to be big brother or sister, as the case may be. We are going to allow a woman, her doctor, and her God to make that decision.

Brother, Government, Guess, Pregnancy, Simple

Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive. ' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.

Earthquake, Funny, God, Same, Stupid, Thanksgiving

Tonight, you are hearing from the Democratic women of the Senate. . . We stand together on so many issues: economic prosperity, quality education for all, protecting a woman's right to choose

Issues, Quality, Together, Women, Choose

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