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" Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going. "
Kevin de Leon
Momentum
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" Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job. "
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" Addressing budget issues is usually a balancing act in which cuts are weighed against revenue increases to find the best solution for the state. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I've been surrounded by strong, hardworking women like my mother all my life. "
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" 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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" Recycling more plastics can help local businesses and expand jobs while supporting the goals of sustainability. "
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" We can't cross our fingers and hope that President Donald Trump can 'learn and change.' "
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Change
Hope
" Foreign relations should involve human rights, workers' rights, and environmental protection. "
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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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" I am not just a defender of the California Dream. I am a product of it. "
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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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" 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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Enough
" I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough. "
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Think
Enough
" Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about. "
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Too
Democrats
" California's university system is one of the premier higher education systems in the world, and we should require that non-resident students pay a premium to attend it. The revenue generated from these fees can be used to increase affordability and access for more Californians. "
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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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Free
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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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" Clean air shouldn't be a privilege dictated by where you can afford to live but a right to which we are all entitled. "
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Clean
Live
" It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins. "
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Repeat
Remember
Past
" Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies. "
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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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Price
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" 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. "
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Worry
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" 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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" I don't believe the federal government should be snooping into American citizens' cell phones without a warrant issued by a federal judge. You cannot give the federal government extraordinary powers to eavesdrop without a warrant. It's simply un-American. "
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" I'm not into political gamesmanship. "
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" 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. "
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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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Stubborn
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