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" California continues to pass the most ambitious laws in the world to expand clean energy and combat climate change. "
Kevin de Leon
California
Energy
World
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" I believe strongly that when you have political capital, you should use it in a manner that helps improve the human condition. You shouldn't just compile power and hold onto power for power's sake. "
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" Our communities will become more - not less - dangerous when local police officers are pulled from their duties to arrest otherwise law-abiding maids, busboys, and day laborers for immigration violations. "
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" Unlike Washington, the California legislature has proved that cooperation is both possible and essential to successful policymaking, while stubborn absolutism will have you trailing head lice in popularity polls. "
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" From education to the environment, from high wages to health care to human rights, California is proof that progressive policies put into action improve the human condition of all individuals. "
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" Police chiefs know a thing or two about public safety. "
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" No one wants dangerous criminals in our communities. "
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" What we have done dramatically in California is lead the entire nation. For example, we have created more jobs in clean energy in California than there are coal-mining jobs in all of America. "
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" Cap and trade is an important tool in California's climate policy portfolio. It sends a price signal to industries to reduce their carbon pollution while generating billions of dollars in revenue for investments in clean transportation and direct pollution reduction. "
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" Yes, we absolutely need to eliminate the single-use plastic bag, but we don't have to eliminate the jobs of hardworking Californians to accomplish this goal. "
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Jobs
Need
" Dependence on oil from volatile foreign markets undermines our economic security and threatens our national security. Moreover, that addiction is producing toxic air and a public-health epidemic. "
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" I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy. "
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Us
Only
" We carved it in stone: no matter the place of your birth or the hue of your skin, you can live in California in safety, dignity, and, yes, sanctuary. "
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Live
You
Stone
" Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about. "
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Sure
Too
Democrats
" I wouldn't have voted to prosecute 13-year-olds as adults. "
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" Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it. "
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Anything
Means
" I would never vote to allow federal agents to spy on American citizens without warrants. "
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" I am not just a defender of the California Dream. I am a product of it. "
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" We can't cross our fingers and hope that President Donald Trump can 'learn and change.' "
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Cross
Change
Hope
" As Democrats, we will never be fooled into believing that if we are patient enough, that Donald Trump could be a good president. "
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Good
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" President Trump's threat to weaponize federal funding is not only unconstitutional but emblematic of the cruelty he seeks to impose on our most vulnerable communities. "
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Most
Only
President
" Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies. "
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Now
Economic
Equity
" California lost its way in 1994 with Prop. 187, but that tragic episode gave birth to a new California consciousness - one that will now do everything within its power to protect our diversity and the economic power it has created. "
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Diversity
California
Lost
" If we do high-speed rail, the governor has to be intelligent and invest the dollars at the 'bookends' - San Francisco and Los Angeles. "
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Intelligent
" We're planting trees to break up the concrete jungle. We're building public transportation and affordable housing. "
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Building
Transportation
Jungle
" I didn't know how to do a press release, so I'd call the local Assembly member and say, 'Hey, can you fax me one of your press releases?' 'Which one?' 'Any one.' "
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" I am not delusional. Listen, I am not naive to the fact that people are not shouting my name all over the state of California. "
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" California Democrats - we fight on the front lines - we don't equivocate on the sidelines. "
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California
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" My mother, Carmen, cleaned houses and took care of elderly people. "
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" The days of Democrats biding our time, biting our tongue, and triangulating at the margins are over. "
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Over