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" Michigan is a state we should have won in 2016, and we didn't, and I want to understand why. "
Tom Perez
Want
Why
Understand
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" Donald Trump has shown no interest in working toward increasing the minimum wage, no interest in doing anything but immigrant baiting, no interest in doing anything but filling the swamp with a band of billionaires who are simply trying to help the wealthy. "
Tom Perez
Doing
Band
Trying
" Federal government has been a gateway to the middle class for people of color for generations. "
Tom Perez
Middle
Class
People
" As Republicans try to trample on our most sacred freedoms, Democrats will do everything we can to end discrimination and protect the one right that preserves all others - the right to vote. "
Tom Perez
Try
Vote
End
" Sometimes you have to push the envelope in pursuit of the right thing. "
Tom Perez
You
The Right Thing
Sometimes
" As long as we're united, and as long as we continue to organize, invest, and lead with our values, we'll be unstoppable. "
Tom Perez
Lead
Values
Unstoppable
" If Donald Trump wants to acknowledge that we have a pay gap for women and we need to address it, I would work with Donald Trump. "
Tom Perez
Donald Trump
Women
Work
" I consider Keith Ellison a friend. "
Tom Perez
Friend
Consider
" If you're going to be a big tent party as we are, and you're going to help elect democrats who have generated support in their communities... the will of those voters is the will that we must respect. "
Tom Perez
You
Will
Support
" Our universal message of access to economic opportunity resonates with the ironworker in northeastern Ohio and the immigrant in South Florida. And we sometimes have a relationship deficit with our voters, because we're not communicating that message. "
Tom Perez
Opportunity
Immigrant
Relationship
" Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman's right to make her own choices about her body and her health. That is not negotiable. "
Tom Perez
Support
Woman
Health
" The Republican playbook is voter suppression. "
Tom Perez
Republican
Voter
Suppression
" Trust is not something that's given because you win an election; it's something you have to earn. "
Tom Perez
Trust
Because
You
" Responding to a natural disaster is a complex problem. "
Tom Perez
Disaster
Problem
Complex
" The Democratic Party and DNC have to be a very conspicuous face of the opposition to Donald Trump and all his divisiveness. At the same time, we have to communicate our, I think, positive and inclusive message to everyone. "
Tom Perez
Think
Same
Positive
" Our message in rural America is just as powerful as it is in urban America. But because we haven't been a physical presence there in any sustained way, we have a lot of voters there who no longer believe that the Democratic Party is working for them. "
Tom Perez
Way
America
Party
" Growing up in Buffalo, I saw shuttered factories that once housed thousands of steel manufacturing jobs. I remember the hollowing-out of the middle class in our community. I witnessed hope turn to hardship as a once-thriving city reckoned with a fast-changing world. "
Tom Perez
Hope
City
World
" Budgets are moral documents. They reflect the values of any government and when you're compromising clean air, clean water, and lead, you're making a statement about communities you don't care about. "
Tom Perez
Values
Water
Moral
" Donald Trump is a fraud. Listening to him talk about how he's going to put American first again, he's spent his entire career putting his own profits first. "
Tom Perez
Talk
Fraud
Career
" I happen to think Donald Trump is crazy, but that's not an economic message. "
Tom Perez
Think
Crazy
Donald Trump
" There is no price tag on an American life - whether it's in Florida, Texas, or Puerto Rico. "
Tom Perez
American
Texas
Tag
" Talk about the issues that matter most to people. "
Tom Perez
People
Talk
Issues
" I am proud of our diversity, and when you attack the federal workforce, you are having significant impact on women - many of whom are single moms working to support their family - and you're having a significant impact on communities of color. "
Tom Perez
Women
I Am
Diversity
" I was in the U.K. and Germany and went to Volkswagen and learned about their apprenticeship model - young people become paid apprentices in trades. It's not a coincidence that youth unemployment is far lower in Germany than the United States because there are paid opportunities for young people to get experience. "
Tom Perez
Experience
Opportunities
People
" Our economic future and our energy future are one in the same, and it's a future America can't shrink from. We must shape it, just as we've always done. We have to protect our planet from the threat of climate change and ensure that workers have the skills to compete for good middle-class jobs. "
Tom Perez
Energy
Change
America
" Donald Trump is anathema to America. "
Tom Perez
America
Anathema
Donald Trump
" I remember a good friend of mine whose father worked at Bethlehem Steel for 40 years with just a high school degree. That was a remarkable pathway to prosperity that sustained generations of working families. "
Tom Perez
Remember
Good
Friend
" Infrastructure done right can help working people; infrastructure done wrong is just more money for private equity. "
Tom Perez
Money
Done
Wrong
" We're the party that has fought for Medicare. We're the party that has fought for Social Security. The Republicans have tried to privatize Social Security and voucherize Medicare. "
Tom Perez
Social
Tried
Party
" You can't eat cake and lose weight. "
Tom Perez
Lose
Cake
You
" When my grandchildren ask, 'Where were you when Donald Trump took a sledgehammer to Lady Liberty?' I want to make sure I can tell them I was there protecting America. "
Tom Perez
Lady
America
You