Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
Barbara BoxerThe point is that what we want, Democrats, and what we've always wanted, is to make abortion safe, legal, and rare.
Barbara BoxerWhen John Kennedy was assassinated I was twenty-three, a stockbroker on Wall Street and married, and I never ever thought that politics would be anything that I would be a part of. But I realized that I had to get involved. Then, when Martin Luther King was assassinated and the Vietnam War was raging, I felt that my world was falling apart. I had these two beautiful children - three and one - and I just said, "I have to make it better."
Barbara BoxerIf you want to be a leader, it doesn't mean that you have to have an opinion on everything. But if you do have an opinion and it is clear and you feel strongly about it, then you should say it.
Barbara BoxerThe combined efforts of millions of concerned citizens could do wonders to help the impoverished. The American people are ready for action!
Barbara BoxerThere's an effort on the part of many people to attack women's rights, women's health, and the ability to control our own lives. No doubt about it. And it is not a majority of the country, in any way, shape, or form. I know on the contraceptive issue, 70 percent of the country agrees with me. Will that stop my opponents? No. Because they are so radical. They chip away and chip away.
Barbara Boxer