The point is that what we want, Democrats, and what we've always wanted, is to make abortion safe, legal, and rare.
I take great solace in the fact that Donald Trump lost the popular vote. Hillary Clinton got over 2.5 million more votes than Donald Trump got. So I can't say in any way that the people think that harassing women is appropriate. So I don't think we should read into his victory the fact that, you know, women's rights are going to be diminished.
Unfortunately, Trump has showed hateful inclinations toward many, many groups. Many groups. The most obvious: undocumented immigrants and Muslims. His comments that I've seen that he's made about Jewish people, about black people - they're all very troubling to me - even though he sort of said, "Oh, I distance myself from hate and don't do any of this hating stuff."
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
I think the scientists have really caught the attention of the people of this country, and of course, they elected representatives by their very clear pronouncement that if we don't do something, we'll be in a lot of trouble.
The American people are beginning to see the Republicans' willingness to trample over 200 years of history, to step on the minority, to push everybody out of the way because they want 100 percent. It's rubbing the American people the wrong way. One-party rule is not good.
We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.
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.
Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.
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.
The difference between the very wealthy and the working poor has grown. We raise that minimum wage and we move forward with the vision of this president that we have, which is everyone pays their fair share.
[On going into politics:] My husband went to bed with Debbie Reynolds and he woke up with Eleanor Roosevelt.
More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity
I have to say that after chemotherapy, Barbara Boxer just isn't that scary anymore.
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.
I must be doing something right. I was raised to stand up to the bully in the schoolyard, and you don't lose that.
The job is never done and every generation has to fight again.
It's very important to face the grief, face the anger, and then get into a place where you are ready to fight because if you go back to the history of the United States of America, our Founders said we're giving you a Republic if you can keep it, and they also said we have a Constitution and we're going to form a more perfect union.
The fact of the matter is actions speak louder than words.
I think we need to get back to truth-based news. It won't be easy, but we better do it because otherwise we're not acting on information.
There has to a certain responsibility, whether it's TV news, online news, to sort out opinion from fact.
You have to be an optimist to be in politics.
Every American at some point has got to make the connection between their own hopes and dreams and who is elected to office. It's essential. It's very easy to pull the covers up over your head and say, "I can't handle it. Too much." But we just have to handle it and we have to accept that it's our job. Each of us. Nobody is going to take care of it.
I am very enamored with the free press, and I was part of it for a period of time.
I think we have to stop using the expression "alt-right." It's ridiculous. It's racist, fascist, nationalist.
