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" 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. "

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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. "

Kevin de Leon

Challenge

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Solution

" Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it. "

" President Trump's threat to weaponize federal funding is not only unconstitutional but emblematic of the cruelty he seeks to impose on our most vulnerable communities. "

" As Democrats, we will never be fooled into believing that if we are patient enough, that Donald Trump could be a good president. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about. "

" We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition. "

" 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. "

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

Kevin de Leon

Always

Employees

" California lost its way in 1994 with Prop. 187, but that tragic episode gave birth to a new California consciousness - one that will now do everything within its power to protect our diversity and the economic power it has created. "

" My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America. "

" I would never vote to allow federal agents to spy on American citizens without warrants. "

" Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies. "

" 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. "

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

Kevin de Leon

Voted

" We're planting trees to break up the concrete jungle. We're building public transportation and affordable housing. "

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

" When I was elected for the first time in '06 I'd never been elected to any body. City councils, school board, community college boards, trustee, water district trustee, class president, ASB president, senior class president - nothing. I was never elected to anything in my life. "

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

" 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. "

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

Kevin de Leon

Deal

Only

" California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity. "

" I wouldn't have supported invoking Taft-Hartley to help George Bush end a strike. "

" What we have done dramatically in California is lead the entire nation. For example, we have created more jobs in clean energy in California than there are coal-mining jobs in all of America. "

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

" 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. "

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