Amy McGrath Quotes

Amy McGrath

Profession : Politician

Birth : June 3, 1975

The allegations surrounding whether President Trump pressured the Ukrainian leader to investigate the family of his political rival is, if true, a disgraceful betrayal of the oath of office and demands immediate action by Congress.

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I learned in the Marines to leave no one behind, but after 34 years in Washington, Mitch McConnell left our coal miners behind years ago.

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I'm on the side of miners and their families. And I'll never walk away.

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I believe that we need to have a public option.

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Climate change is absolutely real and if you don't believe that you ought to believe every four-star general in our military is planning for it.

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When you talk about the coal communities we need a senator to protect the benefits these coal miners need and deserve and earned, because coal powered our country in the 20th Century.

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There are so many places in our state that are just economically desolated and so what they're looking for are good quality jobs and how we get that back.

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I am deeply concerned about the leadership of the national Democratic Party.

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My husband and I, we are not Democrat or Republican first. We are Americans first.

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I was unwilling and we remain unwilling to be part of the problem. I was unwilling to be part of the problem just to get to the office.

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If we were to build a health care system from scratch, single-payer would be the way to go. But we have a very complex health care system in America.

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It's typical of Andy Barr and his team, taking things out of context.

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When I was an Independent I believed the same things I believe now as a Democrat. I was an Independent because I was a military officer. I felt like that was the best thing to do because I wanted to be a leader and I didn't want to influence people under me in that way.

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As somebody who has spent her entire adult life defending this country, I'd say defending our elections is a fundamental part of defending our democracy.

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I trust Robert Mueller, I trust our intelligence community and I trust our national security community because I've worked with them my entire adult life.

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I'll tell ya, I'm a pro-Second Amendment person, I'm a gun owner. I went to combat with a 9 millimeter strapped to my chest and a 20 millimeter cannon on the front of my jet. I'm no stranger to weapons.

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The Republican Party does such a better job of grooming the next generation of Republican leaders. The Democratic Party does not, and I think that we need to change that.

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I mean, the Democratic Party is the party of young people.

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I want to do what's right for the country.

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As a military officer - and this is - I have lived my life in the national security realm - I don't think I could vote for Donald Trump, because, you know, for one, I'm not a fan of a president or a commander in chief wrapping his arms around any dictator. That's very important to me.

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