Quotes from Amy McGrath

Trust me, I've been to countries where there's no government. And our government's pretty damned good.

Everything that's wrong in Washington had to start someplace.

We deserve better than a win-at-all-costs mentality.

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.

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.

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

I'm very concerned about President Trump and his policy by tweet.

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

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.

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.

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.

Government shutdowns are so stupid. From my perspective, somebody who's been in government, been in the military, worked with federal government workers in the State Department, in USAID and in the Department of Defense - you're hurting them.

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.

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.

Honor and integrity are at the heart of everything Marines do. It's why I believe so strongly that Joe Biden is the president who can return honor and integrity to the Oval Office.

They perform an essential function in keeping our borders secure and I oppose an abolishing of ICE.

I believe that we need to have a public option.

Many Kentuckians are benefiting from it. Even Republican Kentuckians are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act.

The selflessness and service of the veterans I have met and served with are the living embodiment of what America and American values mean to me.

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.

The election of 2016 changed a lot of us.

I'm somebody who looks at things through the lens of being a wife and being a mother and being a United States Marine.

Marines know we're all on the same team.