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" The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done. "
Xavier Becerra
Done
Get
Going
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" We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq. "
Xavier Becerra
Cannot
Iraq
Past
" If you're saying you should not be allowed in the country, you should be consistent and say that to all immigrants. "
Xavier Becerra
You
Saying
Country
" We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair. "
Xavier Becerra
Never
Competition
Forward
" Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs. "
Xavier Becerra
Experience
Quality
Early
" My three daughters are all going to go to college, and it's not even a question. When I was applying to college, my parents were hoping that I would just go somewhere. Today, they look at their grandkids, and they know those kids will have a chance to build this country in bigger and better ways than my parents ever had a chance. "
Xavier Becerra
Know
Parents
Today
" February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans living on the west coast during World War II. "
Xavier Becerra
World
War
Living
" According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12. "
Xavier Becerra
Begins
Alcohol
Age
" It's good to know people think I'm a nice guy. "
Xavier Becerra
Nice
Good
Think
" I have a lot of kids in my district who haven't been to the beach, much less Washington, D.C., and that's 20 miles away. "
Xavier Becerra
Kids
Washington
Miles
" This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country. "
Xavier Becerra
Think
People
Experience
" Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans. "
Xavier Becerra
American
White
Community
" The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry. "
Xavier Becerra
Fight
Canada
Want
" I'm going to fight to the death for a public option. "
Xavier Becerra
Going
Death
Public
" We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns. "
Xavier Becerra
Code
Charity
Political
" Having passion does not mean you have to descend into bickering and fighting. "
Xavier Becerra
Fighting
Having
Mean
" Could today's construction worker married to a clerical worker guarantee four children a college education and buy a house? That's what we're fighting about. "
Xavier Becerra
Education
College
Today
" As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans. "
Xavier Becerra
Perspective
Hope
Important
" If we finally chose as a country to take responsibility for the wars that we believe we must engage in, and rather than borrow money to exercise that authority to go to war, we actually pay for these wars, that would save us over a trillion dollars, because that's what we have spent in Iraq and Afghanistan - all through borrowed money. "
Xavier Becerra
Responsibility
Believe
Money
" Shame on me if I don't try to do more with what I have. It would be... a terrible thing to waste this opportunity to try to make a difference. "
Xavier Becerra
Try
Make A Difference
Me
" My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country. "
Xavier Becerra
Chance
Life
Mother
" I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely. "
Xavier Becerra
Broken
Hate
Important
" The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol. "
Xavier Becerra
Good
Parents
Alcohol
" Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure. "
Xavier Becerra
End
Result
Experience
" According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the next three months. "
Xavier Becerra
Alcohol
Three
Say
" African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans. "
Xavier Becerra
Than
White
Failure
" Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced. "
Xavier Becerra
Country
Which
Trade
" Winning the peace is harder than winning the war. "
Xavier Becerra
Harder
Winning
Than
" I've learned to be pragmatic, but I don't sacrifice my principles, my values. "
Xavier Becerra
Sacrifice
Values
Pragmatic
" I think I've been a very good student of all aspects of being in Congress. I think I'm always working hard to get an 'A.' "
Xavier Becerra
Working Hard
Good
Think
" The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art. "
Xavier Becerra
Art
Look
Forward