Political Quotes

I rise today to speak about my longtime friend and colleague Barbara Boxer, who is retiring from this body along with me this year. Senator Boxer will be remembered as an inspiration to young women across our country. Her career is a…

I come to the floor as the vice chair of the Committee on Appropriations. That means I am the Democratic leader on appropriations for this session of Congress, and next to me is the distinguished Senator from Vermont, Mr. Leahy, who will…

I yield my hour assigned to me to the Democratic leader. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right. The assistant Democratic leader.

As the longest serving woman in congressional history, I proudly stand on the shoulders of the suffragists who fought bravely and boldly for generations to secure women's political equality.