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" The D.C. playbook is obsolete. It's time for the people of California to bring the agenda to Washington, not the other way around. "

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" There's always more employers can do to protect their employees. "

" Yes, we absolutely need to eliminate the single-use plastic bag, but we don't have to eliminate the jobs of hardworking Californians to accomplish this goal. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wouldn't have voted to prosecute 13-year-olds as adults. "

" 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.' "

" It is erroneous and profoundly irresponsible to suggest that up to three million undocumented immigrants living in America are dangerous criminals. "

" My mother, Carmen, cleaned houses and took care of elderly people. "

" Recycling more plastics can help local businesses and expand jobs while supporting the goals of sustainability. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We speak truth to power, and we've never been fooled into believing Donald Trump 'can be a good president.' "

" 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. "

" I know - firsthand - that California works best when everyone has the opportunity to succeed. It's a lesson that's hard to learn from the back of a limousine, or behind gated walls. And it's a lesson that guided me every day as the president of the California State Senate - the most productive and progressive policymaking body in America. "

" I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy. "

" I think there's no such thing as free trade. I think there has to be fair trade. "

" 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. "

" We can't cross our fingers and hope that President Donald Trump can 'learn and change.' "

" 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. "

" Many foreign students take their California degrees back to their home countries. They become entrepreneurs that develop products that they sell back to us. "

" Lawmakers must stand up for companies that choose public safety over profit margins. "

" You've got to lead from a position of strength. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wouldn't have voted for the war in Iraq, which has cost us trillions we could have been spending on a carbon-free economy, affordable college, and single-payer health care. "

" When people see the healthful impact this is having and all the hard hats constructing, their minds may change about high-speed rail. "

" Domestic workers allow many people with disabilities to maintain independent, productive lives and live in their own homes - not in institutions. "

" It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins. "

" I've been surrounded by strong, hardworking women like my mother all my life. "