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" Every decision I make in Congress will be centered on the needs of the district. "
Pete Gallego
Congress
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" In the old way of doing business, it was fine to disagree and then go to dinner. Now it's personal and more partisan, and a disagreement on one issue leads to a disagreement on another issue. "
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" It's important we understand our system seeks justice and not revenge. "
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" As the polarization in D.C. spreads, the people willing to come to the middle find less and less acceptance. "
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" Our challenge is to stop people from driving drunk. Punishing them afterwards doesn't bring back the victim or make the family feel better. The idea is to stop the DWI before it happens. "
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" How do you defend inaction in the face of crisis? How is that defensible for anybody? "
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" PACs don't vote in the district; people do. "
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" I'm confident in my strengths. I'm prepared to jump any hurdle. "
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" The fact that I am Latino is not a secret. There's not much I can do about that. It is what it is. I think people know that my last name ends in a vowel. What can I tell you? "
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" The luxury for me is that I've spent already several millions of dollars across the district getting people to know who I am... So, my name ID is really, really high. "
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" The irony is that kids are treated equally when it comes to tests and standards and expectations but not treated equally when providing funds to meet those standards and expectations. "
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Irony
Expectations
Standards
" Our voting records are not necessarily the same, but, you know, we're all Texans, and at the end of the day, we try to help each other out. "
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Day
Voting
End Of The Day
" If immigration reform doesn't happen, that doesn't say good things about our democracy, that everybody wants it, but Congress couldn't pass it. "
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Good Things
Democracy
" If you want to come fight the good fight to make a difference for people and to try to get the government back on track, where we govern from the middle and not from the extremes, then understand that it's a lonely road, and you're going to have a hard time. "
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Road
Time
People
" I learned long ago you run unopposed, or you run scared. "
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Long
Learned
You
" In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... They don't have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID. We don't have a national ID. "
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Cards
ID
Voters
" There's no such thing as anybody who can't be beat; everybody can be beat. It's a question of how hard you're willing to work. It's a question of the environment, the surroundings. Frankly, there's a lot of issues with timing. "
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Question
You
Work
" Because fossil fuels are not only a finite resource but hazardous to the environment, it is imperative that we diversify the resources used in generating electricity. "
Pete Gallego
Electricity
Resources
Environment
" A robust democracy requires active participation. "
Pete Gallego
Active
Robust
Democracy
" I saw how hard my parents worked, and I didn't want to be a freeloader. "
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Worked
Saw
Hard
" HB 2 leaves 90% of the children behind. The disconnect between this bill and the basic needs of Texas schoolchildren is appalling. "
Pete Gallego
Children
Texas
Behind
" Frankly, no issue is worth shutting down the government and denying pay to those committed to public service. "
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Service
Government
Pay
" It was in the best interests of Zavala and other counties that we move forward with a farm bill and provide certainty to ranchers, farmers, food banks, and other providers. "
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" My family never took vacations; we never traveled together. We never did anything. My spring breaks were going home to help my dad at the restaurant. "
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