I had a serious childhood illness – sort of like spinal meningitis – that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn’t be insured because of a pre-existing condition. – Tammy Baldwin
The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality. – Tammy Baldwin
It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people. – Tammy Baldwin
I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine. – Tammy Baldwin
All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can’t win because I’m a progressive… because I’m a woman… even because I’m a lesbian. – Tammy Baldwin
Politicians in Washington and Madison aren’t hearing, aren’t listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy. – Tammy Baldwin
I have no idea what goes on in another person’s mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don’t go back and say, ‘Why did this person get to the right position?’ It’s only, ‘Are you yes or are you no?’ – Tammy Baldwin
I’ve decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class – a leader with the courage to do what’s right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight. – Tammy Baldwin
Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve. – Tammy Baldwin
In my grandfather’s lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process. – Tammy Baldwin
