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" We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. "
Tom Perez
Privilege
Health
Care
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" I've memorized 'Hamilton.' "
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" We have to have a conversation where we bring in all the stakeholders and say, 'What is the vision of the Democratic Party?' "
Tom Perez
Conversation
Party
Say
" There is no price tag on an American life - whether it's in Florida, Texas, or Puerto Rico. "
Tom Perez
American
Texas
Tag
" You can't eat cake and lose weight. "
Tom Perez
Lose
Cake
You
" Our economic future and our energy future are one in the same, and it's a future America can't shrink from. We must shape it, just as we've always done. We have to protect our planet from the threat of climate change and ensure that workers have the skills to compete for good middle-class jobs. "
Tom Perez
Energy
Change
America
" Our message of opportunity and inclusion is, I think, a very powerful message that does indeed speak to Americans, but we've got to do a better job of listening. "
Tom Perez
Opportunity
Job
Powerful
" The politics of division are not what we want in New Jersey and Virginia and elsewhere. "
Tom Perez
Want
Virginia
Politics
" When you cut investments in worker training, you're cutting investments in the middle class. "
Tom Perez
You
Class
Worker
" If you're going to be a big tent party as we are, and you're going to help elect democrats who have generated support in their communities... the will of those voters is the will that we must respect. "
Tom Perez
You
Will
Support
" Responding to a natural disaster is a complex problem. "
Tom Perez
Disaster
Problem
Complex
" If Donald Trump wants to pass comprehensive immigration reform, I will work with Donald Trump. "
Tom Perez
Donald Trump
Work
Will
" Every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman's right to make her own choices about her body and her health. That is not negotiable. "
Tom Perez
Support
Woman
Health
" Trust is not something that's given because you win an election; it's something you have to earn. "
Tom Perez
Trust
Because
You
" You can't show up at a church every 4 October and say, 'Vote for me,' and call that persuasion. "
Tom Perez
Vote
October
Me
" I consider Keith Ellison a friend. "
Tom Perez
Friend
Consider
" As long as we're united, and as long as we continue to organize, invest, and lead with our values, we'll be unstoppable. "
Tom Perez
Lead
Values
Unstoppable
" Federal government has been a gateway to the middle class for people of color for generations. "
Tom Perez
Middle
Class
People
" The Democratic Party and DNC have to be a very conspicuous face of the opposition to Donald Trump and all his divisiveness. At the same time, we have to communicate our, I think, positive and inclusive message to everyone. "
Tom Perez
Think
Same
Positive
" What you learn growing up in a place like Buffalo is that your job isn't just your paycheck, it's your identity. It doesn't just give you dollars, it gives you dignity. "
Tom Perez
Place
Job
Identity
" Donald Trump has shown no interest in working toward increasing the minimum wage, no interest in doing anything but immigrant baiting, no interest in doing anything but filling the swamp with a band of billionaires who are simply trying to help the wealthy. "
Tom Perez
Doing
Band
Trying
" Organizing has to be a 12-month endeavor. "
Tom Perez
Organizing
Endeavor
" The Republican playbook is voter suppression. "
Tom Perez
Republican
Voter
Suppression
" We're at our best when we put hope in front of fear. "
Tom Perez
Our
Best
Fear
" Frankly, what we need to be looking at is whether this election was rigged by Donald Trump and his buddy Vladimir Putin. "
Tom Perez
Need
Donald Trump
Looking
" Infrastructure done right can help working people; infrastructure done wrong is just more money for private equity. "
Tom Perez
Money
Done
Wrong
" I remember a good friend of mine whose father worked at Bethlehem Steel for 40 years with just a high school degree. That was a remarkable pathway to prosperity that sustained generations of working families. "
Tom Perez
Remember
Good
Friend
" Smart growth is having the courage to say yes and having the courage to say no. "
Tom Perez
Courage
Yes
Smart
" I'm a proud Dominican American. My folks always taught me that it's important to keep the ladder down and that to whom much is given, much is expected. That's why I have pursued a career in public service. I can't think of a better way to give back what this nation gave to us than to try to make sure that opportunity exists for everyone. "
Tom Perez
Opportunity
Think
Service
" I met a person on my rural tour in northwest Wisconsin who said to me, 'I feel politically homeless.' And we need to re-engage that person. "
Tom Perez
Person
Need
Me
" I've said that we need to elect Democrats from the school board to the Senate. "
Tom Perez
Need
Said
School