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" Those diplomas on my wall would not be there without the GI Bill that educated my father, without the public library, without the RIPTA bus. "
Gina Raimondo
Without
Father
Educated
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" I'm going to ask one question for everything that comes across my desk, which is, 'How is this going to create jobs?' "
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" If you have the talent, you should have the opportunity. "
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" If I'm a CEO, I want to be in a place where the government works. "
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" I am a mother with kids in the public schools. People should know that. I'm not just some policy maker who's totally detached from the rest of the community. "
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" The governor's not allowed to drive. That's part of the life you accept. "
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" Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are. "
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" I fall into the camp that income inequality is the biggest problem we face. "
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" Let's make the SAT and PSAT free so everyone has a chance to succeed. "
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" I am a proponent of investing in infrastructure... and, if we can use state resources to make ProvPort more prosperous and successful, then that will benefit the whole state. "
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" Budgets that don't balance, public programs that aren't funded, pension funds that are running out of money, schools that aren't funded - How does that help anyone? "
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" The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline. "
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Dream
Difference
" We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions. "
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Solutions
Need
" I guess whenever I'm in the paper, it's dealing with bridges falling apart, budget problems, pension crises - and saying we have to tackle these problems. "
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Problems
" Before I was State Treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs, including here at Nabsys, a biomedical company. As governor, I'll use this as a model for how we create manufacturing jobs. "
Gina Raimondo
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" I want to be able to look my daughter's teacher in the eye and say, 'Your pension will be there.' I need to know that her pension will match up with a promise we can keep. "
Gina Raimondo
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Daughter
" We've just got to keep going. More. More work, more action, more results. "
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Work
Action
" Programs like ACE's Bootstrap Summer Camp teach our kids important computer coding skills that will allow them to design their own futures. "
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Skills
Important
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" I care about buses and libraries and schools and roads and education. "
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I Care
Care
About
" We know businesses can't compete without reliable infrastructure. "
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Know
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" It's all about the choices we make as a society. We can choose to have poor schools and parks and higher tuition at Rhode Island's colleges. But we should make an active choice. "
Gina Raimondo
Choose
Choices
Island
" I respect public employees and school teachers. They deserve a secure retirement. "
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Retirement
Respect
Employees
" In many cases, Rhode Island is just not on the radar of a lot of companies. But once companies or people take the time to look at our high quality of life, low cost of living, great talent, good business environment, often people see it's an excellent place, and they want to take a harder look. "
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" If you want to have a big impact, government is the way to do it. Just think of the number of people you can touch. "
Gina Raimondo
Think
You
Government
" You can't be a progressive and be opposed to pension reform. "
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Reform
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" You can raise taxes on the rich in America! We should raise taxes on the rich in America. But we can't do that in Rhode Island. "
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" I want to show two things. One, that Democrats can solve big problems and get things done. And two, that as a public official, you can make tough choices, do the right things for the right reasons, and upset some people. And still get elected. "
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" I'm committed to structural changes. "
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Committed
" There's lots of people driving on the roads who don't have licenses. They're still going to work, still going to school. I want them to get a license and insurance so they're driving safely. "
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" The single greatest under-utilized resource we have as a nation is women and girls. "
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