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" During my four years as treasurer, we restructured our pension system, cutting the state's unfunded liability almost by half and putting our retirement system on stronger footing. "

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" Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool. "

" I am a mother with kids in the public schools. People should know that. I'm not just some policy maker who's totally detached from the rest of the community. "

" We've just got to keep going. More. More work, more action, more results. "

" Programs like ACE's Bootstrap Summer Camp teach our kids important computer coding skills that will allow them to design their own futures. "

" I'm committed to structural changes. "

" What we have to do is support business, but also support our workers with job training programs and with reasonable wages. "

" Democrats and all public servants just need to be honest. If we have schools that aren't working ... we need to face the facts and fix them. "

" Budgets that don't balance, public programs that aren't funded, pension funds that are running out of money, schools that aren't funded - How does that help anyone? "

" The public bus is how I got to school every day. "

" We can just keep doing it the way we're doing it. We can attack everybody for small-minded things and crush everybody with a new idea. And where are we going to be? Where we are now - behind. Or we can embrace new things and try to be positive and let everybody play a role. "

" We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions. "

" I want to hold government accountable and help create a more efficient and effective government. "

Gina Raimondo

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Create

" Fixing the pension system was one of the biggest problems Rhode Island faced. "

" My vision for a better Rhode Island starts with a simple idea - we are all in this together. "

" Let's make the SAT and PSAT free so everyone has a chance to succeed. "

" Before I was State Treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs, including here at Nabsys, a biomedical company. As governor, I'll use this as a model for how we create manufacturing jobs. "

" We have to slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully align all of our interests. "

" You can't be a progressive and be opposed to pension reform. "

" I am a proponent of investing in infrastructure... and, if we can use state resources to make ProvPort more prosperous and successful, then that will benefit the whole state. "

Gina Raimondo

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I Am

" People talk about Social Security. There is no parallel between Rhode Island's pension and Social Security. "

" A government that doesn't work is in no one's interest. "

" The single greatest under-utilized resource we have as a nation is women and girls. "

" If you have the talent, you should have the opportunity. "

" There's lots of people driving on the roads who don't have licenses. They're still going to work, still going to school. I want them to get a license and insurance so they're driving safely. "

" Almost every day, people will say to me some version of, 'You're so much nicer in real life.' I guess I come across as not nice. "

" I've been told I'm a workaholic. "

Gina Raimondo

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" We have to get past this persistent negativity. The negativity has held Rhode Island back for a long time. "

" Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are. "

" My own rhetoric is not so 'us versus them.' I don't like fighting. "