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" I think there's no such thing as free trade. I think there has to be fair trade. "
Kevin de Leon
Fair
Free
Free Trade
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" I want you to know that California is your sanctuary. We will always be a place where you can be whoever you are and become whoever you dream of being. California will always stand up for you. That's a principle that's bigger than partisanship, more powerful than any president. "
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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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" 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. "
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" There's always more employers can do to protect their employees. "
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" No corner of our society has been left unscathed by the horrors of gun violence. To end it, we'll need to bring together the best from each corner, taking what works from government, the private sector, and our local communities and crafting common-sense solutions to gun violence. "
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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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" Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies. "
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" No one wants dangerous criminals in our communities. "
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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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" We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition. "
Kevin de Leon
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You
" Drafting local police into Trump's immigration crackdown undermines public safety and is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars. "
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" 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. "
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" Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it. "
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Anything
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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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Day
" 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. "
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American
Lift
" We're planting trees to break up the concrete jungle. We're building public transportation and affordable housing. "
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" My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America. "
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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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Honor
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" 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. "
Kevin de Leon
Change
Wait
Own
" 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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Air
Clean
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" I've been surrounded by strong, hardworking women like my mother all my life. "
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Women
My Life
Mother
" When you have a president who mocks our inclusivity, who demonizes our diversity... you can't ask for patience. "
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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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" I wouldn't have voted to prosecute 13-year-olds as adults. "
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" When people see the healthful impact this is having and all the hard hats constructing, their minds may change about high-speed rail. "
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" There isn't enough renewable fuel in the world to crack our growing addiction to foreign oil. We need to decrease miles driven and increase engine efficiency. "
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" Many foreign students take their California degrees back to their home countries. They become entrepreneurs that develop products that they sell back to us. "
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California
Students
Become
" Banning plastic bags so that people use paper bags or imported reusable bags that will end up in local landfills soon thereafter is not the only solution to our plastic bag challenge. "
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" I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough. "
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" As the youngest child of a single immigrant mother with a third-grade education, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd ever be an elected official. "
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