Barbara Lee Quotes

What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful. - Barbara Lee

We're not a little, old town anymore. There's something for everybody. - Barbara Lee

We are not the CIA, we are not the FBI, we are not the White House, we are not the Defense Department. We are the United States Congress; we have our role. And we can't give up that role during a national-security crisis. - Barbara Lee

We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they're never allowed to perpetrate such an evil act as they did. And so all of us are dealing with that. We know that the President has the authority to go to war under the War Powers Act. - Barbara Lee

We ... need the president to live up to his promises and provide full funding to our global HIV/AIDS initiative if we are to tackle not only Vietnam but India, Russia and China. That means that we need nothing less than $3.6 billion this year. - Barbara Lee

This health crisis has repercussions that are reverberating far beyond the sick rooms and the hospitals where its victims lie dying... It threatens to destabilize entire societies. - Barbara Lee

The use of excessive force, the killing of students and innocent civilians by the Ethiopian security forces is totally unacceptable, and the elections that took place, of course, left a lot to be desired. With the gross human rights violations now and the lack of democracy, I think the U.S. government needs to rev up [intensify] its actions. - Barbara Lee

The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about. - Barbara Lee

Some people were calling me un-American and all that. I know that I'm unified with our country. I feel and I know that my actions are as American as anyone else's. I'm trying to preserve the people's right to have some kind of oversight and some say in the cycle of violence that could occur if we go into war without an end in sight. - Barbara Lee

So much today is poll-driven. You know, we need people to become empowered at this moment, now that our civil liberties are being eroded. We need people to become more involved in the political process. - Barbara Lee

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