Debbie Stabenow Quotes

• You know, in China, they say, come on over, we’ll build the plant for you. Of course, then they steal your patents, but the reality is that they are aggressively trying to take our jobs. Every other country is. They know that to have a middle class, you have to make things.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Aggressive

• We’ve lost 400,000 jobs in Michigan because of downsizing.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in Job

• We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more available grants for students.

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  Topics in College

  Tags in Student

• We are now paying the cost of people who move jobs overseas as taxpayers, and people are appalled when they hear that.

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  Topics in Job

  Tags in People

• The Republicans have a very traditional focus over and over again whether or not it’s worked.

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  Topics in Work

  Tags in Republican

• The reality for us in America is that we will never get out of debt with more than 15 million people out of work.

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  Topics in Work

• The Patients’ Bill of Rights is necessary to guarantee that health care will be available for those who are paying for insurance. It’s a part of the overall health care picture.

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  Topics in Health

  Tags in Insurance

• The Farm Bill is one of the only bills that provides substantial deficit reduction that passed the Senate this year. It only makes sense that this deficit reduction bill would be included in a larger deficit reduction agreement.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Agreement

• The concern right now is that families are paying for insurance, or getting insurance from their employer and trusting that health care will be available for their families. In too many instances now, the care they need isn’t available.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Insurance

• So when folks talk about the deficit and leaving the deficit for our children, we will never get out of debt had this country until people get back to work, until they have good-paying jobs, and in between times, we will not move this economy forward until we are helping people be able to keep going in this recession.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in Country, Work

  Tags in People, Time, Good

• Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Government

• It’s interesting that there are only two groups of people in our country who are not held accountable for their behavior or decisions. One is exempted by the constitution, and that is foreign diplomats. The other, through a loophole, is HMOs.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in Country

  Tags in People

• I think the most important issue for all of us is our economy and jobs and creating opportunities for young people to be able to get the education that you need to be able to afford to go to college.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in College, Education

• I think that we have a number of different health care challenges in our country, and certainly addressing the uninsured is one, and the second is making sure that those with health insurance actually get the care that they assume they’ll have available to them if they get sick.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Insurance

• I support making sure that there are legal protects for everyone.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Support

• Global warming creates volatility. I feel it when I’m flying. The storms are more volatile. We are paying the price in more hurricanes and tornadoes.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Hurricane

• Forget about whether global warming exists. My focus is on jobs.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in Job

  Tags in Global

• For years, I have worked diligently to develop and implement a 21st century manufacturing strategy that will create jobs in the new clean energy economy.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in Economy

  Tags in Manufacturing

• Five thousand people every day lose their home because of a medical bankruptcy. Most of them had insurance.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Insurance

• Doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican in Michigan. We want jobs in Michigan.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Topics in Job

  Tags in Democrat

Debbie Stabenow (35)

Birth:	29th April, 1950
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician, Social Worker

About

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Greer Stabenow was born in Gladwin, Michigan. She is an American politician and social worker. She  is the senior United States Senator from Michigan and a member of the Democratic Party. Before her election to the U.S. Senate, she was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 8th congressional district from 1997 to 2001. She received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1972 and a M.S.W. magna cum laude from Michigan State University in 1975.

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