Political Quotes

On the record

U.S. State Attorneys General

Quotes from current and former U.S. state attorneys general.

Filter by
5,101 quotes

Current attorneys general

Former attorneys general

Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Aug 4, 2022

I will be declaring a public health emergency on monkeypox. We`re prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus.

msnbc.com
Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jul 28, 2022

Very briefly, the fact that my colleague is objecting to the consequences of not adhering to the requirement for vaccination is not within the purview of Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez. So, therefore, their objection as to this particular…

govinfo.gov
Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· Jul 26, 2022

I firmly believe that we have to ensure that our military has the appropriate tools and authorities to do just that.

congress.gov
Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jul 10, 2022

This is just one small step in the wake of a decision that has plunged the country and the future of reproductive rights into total chaos.

msnbc.com
Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jul 2, 2022

The next-best route is to pass a law to codify Roe.

nbcnews.com
Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jul 2, 2022

The five justices on the Supreme Court have made life very difficult and, in some cases, impossible for some women.

nbcnews.com
Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jul 2, 2022

Give us some good ideas. We're going to explore everything we can. And I also would ask them to please pass a law.

nbcnews.com
Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jul 2, 2022

We have to heed the word of the Supreme Court. And so we will. But we will continue to find every avenue possible to make sure women have access to the care that they need, including abortion care.

nbcnews.com
Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jul 2, 2022

There is no magic bullet. But if there is something we can do, we will find it and we will do it at HHS.

nbcnews.com
Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Jun 26, 2022

As long as I’m the attorney general of Wisconsin, we’re not going to use any resources at our State Department of Justice, to investigate or prosecute anybody under our mid-1800s abortion ban.

msnbc.com
Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Jun 26, 2022

It would make women in Wisconsin, less free, less equal, and less safe, and we’re not going to do it.

msnbc.com
Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Jun 26, 2022

It makes providing an abortion a felony. So, if a doctor performed an abortion unless it was to save the life of the mother, it would be a felony in Wisconsin if that ban is found to be in effect.

msnbc.com
Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 24, 2022

The right to an abortion is alive and well in California. It is untouched by the Dobbs decision today.

msnbc.com
Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Jun 24, 2022

We have $125 million in the proposed budget that will be expanding access to reproductive health care, expanding access to abortion, supporting women in California and from out of state.

msnbc.com
Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Jun 24, 2022

The vast majority of people who want access to safe and legal abortion need to be made visible.

msnbc.com
Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Jun 24, 2022

We organized providers as well as medical professionals in the state of New York. And we are prepared to represent individual. We`re prepared to train legal professionals as well as medical professionals in anticipation of individuals who…

msnbc.com
Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Jun 19, 2022

I don’t see how the DOJ can do anything but take action. It’s -- the evidence is overwhelming.

msnbc.com
Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Jun 19, 2022

I don`t see how the DOJ can do anything but take action. It`s -- the evidence is overwhelming.

msnbc.com
Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Jun 19, 2022

There was this effort to completely undermine the election and subvert the vote utilizing this -- this -- what seems like a harebrained scheme using the false slate of electors that actually almost worked.

msnbc.com
Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 7, 2022

We are very much behind in terms of child care support and also paid family leave

congress.gov
Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 7, 2022

The COVID-related supply chain disruptions have been driving price increases in the U.S.

congress.gov
Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 6, 2022

I hope that his private expression becomes public policy and a public position of the Republicans because let's face it, it is the Republicans who have kept us from voting on a lot of these sensible gun legislation bills.

transcripts.cnn.com
Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jun 6, 2022

None of these measures individually go far enough, but I completely believe that we need to make a start on sensible gun safety legislation.

transcripts.cnn.com