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" I know - firsthand - that California works best when everyone has the opportunity to succeed. It's a lesson that's hard to learn from the back of a limousine, or behind gated walls. And it's a lesson that guided me every day as the president of the California State Senate - the most productive and progressive policymaking body in America. "

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" California Democrats - we fight on the front lines - we don't equivocate on the sidelines. "

" As Democrats, we will never be fooled into believing that if we are patient enough, that Donald Trump could be a good president. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins. "

" When you have a president who mocks our inclusivity, who demonizes our diversity... you can't ask for patience. "

" There's always more employers can do to protect their employees. "

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" The D.C. playbook is obsolete.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. "

" Recycling more plastics can help local businesses and expand jobs while supporting the goals of sustainability. "

" The infrastructure at Union Station is antiquated. High-speed is going to come in eventually. We need to upgrade that system. Every day the Metro comes in, the Amtrak comes in, and they idle their engines for hours, spewing poisonous toxins - all that crap - into the air. "

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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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" 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. "