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" Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world. "
Kevin de Leon
California
World
Energy
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" The Internet is now the catalyst in our society for growing our economy, engaging in the democratic process, and connecting with one another. It is an information equalizer, and everyone from farmworkers to financiers deserves fair access to it. "
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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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" 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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" Our State Senate must lead by example, restore trust and transparency, stop sweeping workplace misconduct under the rug, and do everything we can to protect women who work in and around the Capitol. "
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" 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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" My mother, Carmen, cleaned houses and took care of elderly people. "
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" While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy. "
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Need
" I don't believe that all folks who supported Donald Trump are racist. I think that there was a lot of economic anxiety, there was a lot of economic panic. A lot of deep-rooted economic insecurity. I think what Trump did, you know, very astutely, was he tapped into this vein, and he promised them a job. "
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" From education to the environment, from high wages to health care to human rights, California is proof that progressive policies put into action improve the human condition of all individuals. "
Kevin de Leon
Rights
Health
Education
" 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. "
Kevin de Leon
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Powerful
Place
" I would never call our country the welfare system for Mexico. "
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System
Country
" I am not just a defender of the California Dream. I am a product of it. "
Kevin de Leon
Dream
Just
Product
" The days of Democrats biding our time, biting our tongue, and triangulating at the margins are over. "
Kevin de Leon
Days
Tongue
Over
" 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. "
Kevin de Leon
Listen
California
I Am
" I don't like to move abstract theoretical policies that, on a white paper, sound good. If I wanted to do that, I'd be a professor. "
Kevin de Leon
Good
Paper
Sound
" 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
" I believe strongly that when you have political capital, you should use it in a manner that helps improve the human condition. You shouldn't just compile power and hold onto power for power's sake. "
Kevin de Leon
Human
Power
You
" 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. "
Kevin de Leon
Best
Together
Society
" I've been surrounded by strong, hardworking women like my mother all my life. "
Kevin de Leon
Women
My Life
Mother
" 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. "
Kevin de Leon
Child
Education
Mother
" California serves as our nation's cutting edge on many fronts. "
Kevin de Leon
Our
California
Nation
" 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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Young
Honor
Cancer
" 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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Clean
Planet
Economy
" We carved it in stone: no matter the place of your birth or the hue of your skin, you can live in California in safety, dignity, and, yes, sanctuary. "
Kevin de Leon
Live
You
Stone
" 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. "
Kevin de Leon
World
Enough
Addiction
" Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job. "
Kevin de Leon
End
People
End Of The Day
" Drafting local police into Trump's immigration crackdown undermines public safety and is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars. "
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Police
Safety
Waste
" California Democrats - we fight on the front lines - we don't equivocate on the sidelines. "
Kevin de Leon
Democrats
California
Fight
" 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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End
Solution
" 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
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