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" My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America. "

" 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. "

" If we do high-speed rail, the governor has to be intelligent and invest the dollars at the 'bookends' - San Francisco and Los Angeles. "

" The days of Democrats biding our time, biting our tongue, and triangulating at the margins are over. "

" My whole life, I've been told to 'wait my turn' and 'know my place.' "

" 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. "

" Many foreign students take their California degrees back to their home countries. They become entrepreneurs that develop products that they sell back to us. "

" We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition. "

" I wouldn't have supported invoking Taft-Hartley to help George Bush end a strike. "

" In California, we celebrate our diversity. We celebrate who we are because we're proud of who we are; we're proud of where our families come from. "

" If I've learned one thing as a state leader, it's that California will never fulfill its truest potential if we wait for Washington to change on its own. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world. "

" 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. "

" Drafting local police into Trump's immigration crackdown undermines public safety and is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars. "

" We will not lift a single finger or spend a single cent to be a cog in the Trump deportation machine, and we won't be complicit in his effort to make American great again by reengineering the legal immigration system. "

" I don't believe other states should be in the business of luring production out of California. We've made it clear that no one is going to out-compete California. "

" I think there's no such thing as free trade. I think there has to be fair trade. "

" 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. "

" Clean energy isn't just good for the planet; it's good for consumers' monthly utility bills and for the economy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You've got to lead from a position of strength. "

" California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity. "

" I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough. "

" I am not just a defender of the California Dream. I am a product of it. "

" 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. "

" I grew up in the streets of San Diego, and I love this city dearly. I love this city. San Diego is my home. Even though I represent Los Angeles, this is my home. "

" 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. "