Claire McCaskill Quotes

A collection of quotes by Claire McCaskill.

Claire McCaskill is an American politician and former U.S. Senator from Missouri. She was born on July 24, 1953, in Rolla, Missouri. McCaskill served in the U.S. Senate from 2007 to 2019, representing Missouri as a member of the Democratic Party. She previously held various governmental positions, including state auditor of Missouri and state legislator. Throughout her career, McCaskill focused on issues such as healthcare, women's rights, and government accountability.

Corporate governance is a huge issue too. We don't have wome

Corporate governance is a huge issue too. We don't have women on these corporate boards. More than half of the students in law school are women, more than half of the women, I think, in medical school now are women.

Claire McCaskill

Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom a

Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.

Claire McCaskill

I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust

I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.

Claire McCaskill

I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republic

I was in the room with, you know, more than a dozen Republicans trying to negotiate the stimulus. Most of them decided the politics of the situation meant they should walk away, even if it wasn't responsible in terms of what our country needed right then.

Claire McCaskill

You never know what'll happen in politics.

You never know what'll happen in politics.

Claire McCaskill