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" I'm not into political gamesmanship. "
Kevin de Leon
Political
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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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" 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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" 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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" The voice of Vin Scully has become the song of summer for generations of Los Angeles baseball fans and aficionados of excellence in sports broadcasting. "
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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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" 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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California
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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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Together
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" Clean energy isn't just good for the planet; it's good for consumers' monthly utility bills and for the economy. "
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Planet
Economy
" 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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Budget
Best
" Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about. "
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Too
Democrats
" California lost its way in 1994 with Prop. 187, but that tragic episode gave birth to a new California consciousness - one that will now do everything within its power to protect our diversity and the economic power it has created. "
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Diversity
California
Lost
" There's always more employers can do to protect their employees. "
Kevin de Leon
More
Always
Employees
" I didn't know how to do a press release, so I'd call the local Assembly member and say, 'Hey, can you fax me one of your press releases?' 'Which one?' 'Any one.' "
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Know
Local
Me
" 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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Quality
You
Family
" Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job. "
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End
People
End Of The Day
" California continues to pass the most ambitious laws in the world to expand clean energy and combat climate change. "
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California
Energy
World
" Domestic workers allow many people with disabilities to maintain independent, productive lives and live in their own homes - not in institutions. "
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Live
" 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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World
Enough
Addiction
" Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies. "
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Now
Economic
Equity
" 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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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Intelligent
" 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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Powerful
Place
" When I was elected for the first time in '06 I'd never been elected to any body. City councils, school board, community college boards, trustee, water district trustee, class president, ASB president, senior class president - nothing. I was never elected to anything in my life. "
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Life
" Foreign relations should involve human rights, workers' rights, and environmental protection. "
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" It is erroneous and profoundly irresponsible to suggest that up to three million undocumented immigrants living in America are dangerous criminals. "
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Living
" Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going. "
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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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Judge
Government
" We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition. "
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Move
Strong
You
" 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. "
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Change
Wait
Own
" California serves as our nation's cutting edge on many fronts. "
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Our
California
Nation