Claire McCaskill

“You know, we've got to be responsible about our debt. We don't want the United States to ever be a dead beat, and not be able to pay its bills, either to our soldiers who are fighting or to Social Security recipients.”

“I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span.”

“We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities.”

“As a member of the Aging Committee, I'm no stranger to fighting for America's seniors.”

“If you look through history, all of the great work we've done in Congress has been around a table of compromise, when it comes to the most difficult problems.”

“There are three legs of the stool; spending, entitlements and making the tax code fair and equitable. That's the three legs of the stool. If we do all of those in a responsible, bipartisan way, I think the American people would all be very, very happy.”

“I'm going to work with Republicans when they do things I agree with and I'm going to fight Republicans when they're doing things that I think are damaging.”

“The NRA grades senators and representatives based on their votes on gun issues - and even on issues that have little-to-nothing to do with guns.”

“You never know what'll happen in politics.”

“I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time.”

“Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen our laws to prevent mass shootings.”

“Being a new mother was a joyful and sometimes overwhelming experience - and as the first Missouri female state legislator to have a baby while in office, having heath care for myself and my son gave me some needed peace of mind.”

“The U.S. military is the best-trained, most effective fighting force the world has ever known. And the conduct of the vast majority of our service members makes Americans rightfully proud.”

“Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect Social Security? I absolutely will.”

“Only in Washington would the Republican operatives get the entire press corps ginned up over the notion that I'm going to be home campaigning instead of going to a bunch of worthless parties at a convention that's only being held to do something we all know is going to happen anyway.”

“I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC.”