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" I wasn't the student body this, student body that. I was not much into running for office. "
Tony Cardenas
Body
Student
Running
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" If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment. "
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" Our kids have to understand that drinking underage is a poor decision that could drastically affect their chances to achieve the goals they've set. "
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Goals
Understand
" Satisfying a profit motive must never be the reason for law enforcement, and it certainly must never be allowed to support the seizure of personal property by those who we trust to protect and defend our nation and our Constitution. "
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Trust
Support
" I think, with Wi-Fi, we'll make L.A. a better place for our constituents. "
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Our
Better Place
" No candidate can become president without the Latino vote. "
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Latino
Without
Vote
" As someone who has owned a small business in the past, I understand how difficult it can be to get a loan. "
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Small Business
Business
Small
" I don't eat pork or beef. I cut that out when my father passed away about 20 years ago. I wanted to modify my diet because he passed away from diabetes. And, you know, it's very hereditary. "
Tony Cardenas
Father
Eat
Diabetes
" To truly utilize the full potential of every person in our nation, our laws and representation must track the needs, concerns, and goals of the Latino community. "
Tony Cardenas
Potential
Goals
Community
" I think it's not up to Congress to dictate what the right amount of diversity is, but I think it's Congress' place to ask the question, to any industry, in talking about what's going on out there. Is there a lack of preparation of the community to be ready to be involved in that industry? "
Tony Cardenas
Community
Preparation
Diversity
" Who cannot appreciate the smell of bacon? It smells good, but I never want to grab a bite. "
Tony Cardenas
Appreciate
Good
Never
" I am proud of the fact the community elected a congressman who was born and raised in the community. I am trying my best to be successful for the community. "
Tony Cardenas
Best
Successful
Proud
" When you have 20 nominations - 20 names on the nomination list of best actor, supporting actor and actress, etc., and there's absolutely no representation of color whatsoever, I think that's a subset of perhaps a bigger problem. "
Tony Cardenas
Color
Best
Actor
" Being fined for violating the rules of your league is not the same as a shop owner on Main Street paying to have a new sign hung in front of their business. One is a business expense, the other is a punishment. "
Tony Cardenas
Rules
Street
New
" I love chocolate, and I love ice cream. That's a double whammy there. I constantly have to check myself and say, 'I've already had dessert today.' "
Tony Cardenas
Love
Today
Myself
" All parents want their kids to be on a healthy track to success. "
Tony Cardenas
Success
Parents
Want
" Hollywood and film portray who we are as a people and what we value as a culture. "
Tony Cardenas
Value
Hollywood
People
" My father worked with a first-grade education in this country and managed every single day without a hiccup. "
Tony Cardenas
Country
Education
Father
" Comcast is a big voice: they have a tremendous voice across America; they're a tremendous voice in Spanish and English, and they have a tremendous voice in Washington. "
Tony Cardenas
Big
English
America
" California's redistricting process creates a historic opportunity for Valley Latinos to have a strong and unified voice in Congress for the first time. The opportunity to be the Valley's first Latino Congressional representative is humbling, and I'm proud that so many diverse leaders have come together to support this campaign. "
Tony Cardenas
Together
Time
Opportunity
" The American people are happy to help small businesses grow, but paying fines for multi-millionaires, subsidizing bad behavior, should not be the responsibility of American taxpayers. "
Tony Cardenas
Happy
Small
Responsibility
" I'm a realist. "
Tony Cardenas
Realist
" As an engineer, you learn there is a solution to every problem. It may take you a while, but eventually you're going to find it. "
Tony Cardenas
Problem
May
Find
" I have recently taken on two major challenges: running the CHC BOLD PAC and serving Los Angeles as our voice on the Energy and Commerce Committee. "
Tony Cardenas
Serving
Challenges
Energy
" President Obama helped move this country forward. "
Tony Cardenas
President
Country
Forward
" Priests and nuns actually meditated. It's not religious. It's about centering yourself. "
Tony Cardenas
Priests
Religious
Yourself
" When you see the horrible conditions that these animals live in, you wonder why operators of puppy mills have gone undetected for so long. "
Tony Cardenas
Puppy
Long
Live
" Every community needs to get its fair share of services. "
Tony Cardenas
Community
Fair
Get
" For most of the Latinos in our nation, merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable would mean one company controlling their window to the world of culture and entertainment. "
Tony Cardenas
Window
Company
Time
" Nearly one-fifth of our fellow citizens are Latino. They are families who are impacted by our education system, by our economy, by our healthcare delivery, and by every policy we make here in Washington. "
Tony Cardenas
Healthcare
Education
Here
" My focus has been on being a good congressman, and there is so much other work to do. "
Tony Cardenas
Work
Good
Been