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" It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins. "
Kevin de Leon
Repeat
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" 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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" We're planting trees to break up the concrete jungle. We're building public transportation and affordable housing. "
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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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" Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies. "
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" Lawmakers must stand up for companies that choose public safety over profit margins. "
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" Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I think there's no such thing as free trade. I think there has to be fair trade. "
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" We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition. "
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" Our communities will become more - not less - dangerous when local police officers are pulled from their duties to arrest otherwise law-abiding maids, busboys, and day laborers for immigration violations. "
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" There's always more employers can do to protect their employees. "
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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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" Recycling more plastics can help local businesses and expand jobs while supporting the goals of sustainability. "
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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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" 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 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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American
Judge
Government
" I wouldn't have voted to prosecute 13-year-olds as adults. "
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Voted
" 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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" 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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Effort
American
Lift
" 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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Deal
Us
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" Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going. "
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Momentum
Here
Going
" I would never call our country the welfare system for Mexico. "
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Welfare
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Country
" I would never vote to allow federal agents to spy on American citizens without warrants. "
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American
Spy
" California serves as our nation's cutting edge on many fronts. "
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" Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it. "
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Anything
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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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" My whole life, I've been told to 'wait my turn' and 'know my place.' "
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" 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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