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" Clean energy isn't just good for the planet; it's good for consumers' monthly utility bills and for the economy. "
Kevin de Leon
Clean
Planet
Economy
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" I think there's no such thing as free trade. I think there has to be fair trade. "
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" While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy. "
Kevin de Leon
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Leadership
Need
" We can't cross our fingers and hope that President Donald Trump can 'learn and change.' "
Kevin de Leon
Cross
Change
Hope
" When you have a president who mocks our inclusivity, who demonizes our diversity... you can't ask for patience. "
Kevin de Leon
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Ask
You
" I would never call our country the welfare system for Mexico. "
Kevin de Leon
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Country
" Addressing budget issues is usually a balancing act in which cuts are weighed against revenue increases to find the best solution for the state. "
Kevin de Leon
Find
Budget
Best
" It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins. "
Kevin de Leon
Repeat
Remember
Past
" I believe that every family - it doesn't make a difference who you are or where you come from - deserves to have quality healthcare. It is a universal right. It's not the exclusive privilege of the elite and the wealthy. "
Kevin de Leon
Quality
You
Family
" California will not become a cog in the Trump deportation machine. "
Kevin de Leon
California
Cog
Machine
" Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it. "
Kevin de Leon
You
Anything
Means
" 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. "
Kevin de Leon
Listen
California
I Am
" 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
" Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world. "
Kevin de Leon
California
World
Energy
" We're planting trees to break up the concrete jungle. We're building public transportation and affordable housing. "
Kevin de Leon
Building
Transportation
Jungle
" As the youngest child of a single immigrant mother with a third-grade education, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd ever be an elected official. "
Kevin de Leon
Child
Education
Mother
" 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. "
Kevin de Leon
Most
Only
President
" 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.' "
Kevin de Leon
Know
Local
Me
" Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going. "
Kevin de Leon
Momentum
Here
Going
" We speak truth to power, and we've never been fooled into believing Donald Trump 'can be a good president.' "
Kevin de Leon
Power
Good
Never
" I worry about civil-rights activists being targeted as black-identity extremists. I worry about the government saying, 'I don't like this progressive blogger' and subjecting them to scrutiny. "
Kevin de Leon
Being
Worry
Government
" I don't believe that all folks who supported Donald Trump are racist. I think that there was a lot of economic anxiety, there was a lot of economic panic. A lot of deep-rooted economic insecurity. I think what Trump did, you know, very astutely, was he tapped into this vein, and he promised them a job. "
Kevin de Leon
Insecurity
Anxiety
Think
" The D.C. playbook is obsolete. It's time for the people of California to bring the agenda to Washington, not the other way around. "
Kevin de Leon
Time
People
California
" The Internet is now the catalyst in our society for growing our economy, engaging in the democratic process, and connecting with one another. It is an information equalizer, and everyone from farmworkers to financiers deserves fair access to it. "
Kevin de Leon
Information
Process
Internet
" I wouldn't have voted for the war in Iraq, which has cost us trillions we could have been spending on a carbon-free economy, affordable college, and single-payer health care. "
Kevin de Leon
Care
War
Us
" No corner of our society has been left unscathed by the horrors of gun violence. To end it, we'll need to bring together the best from each corner, taking what works from government, the private sector, and our local communities and crafting common-sense solutions to gun violence. "
Kevin de Leon
Best
Together
Society
" Our State Senate must lead by example, restore trust and transparency, stop sweeping workplace misconduct under the rug, and do everything we can to protect women who work in and around the Capitol. "
Kevin de Leon
Stop
Transparency
Work
" I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough. "
Kevin de Leon
Good
Think
Enough
" 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. "
Kevin de Leon
Pollution
Price
California
" My mother passed away young - she died from ovarian cancer at just 54 years old. Her sacrifices for my sisters and I evoke a tribute in her honor each and every Mother's Day. "
Kevin de Leon
Young
Honor
Cancer
" When people see the healthful impact this is having and all the hard hats constructing, their minds may change about high-speed rail. "
Kevin de Leon
Impact
Change
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