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" We believe that housing is a power platform to spark great opportunities in people's lives and help them achieve the American dream. "

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" San Antonio is an ideal market for Major League Soccer. It's time that we put our best foot forward. "

" My grandmother's generation and generations before always saw beyond the horizons of their own lives and their own circumstances. They believed that opportunity created today would lead to prosperity tomorrow. "

" The destiny of the Latino community is interwoven with the destiny of the United States. "

" We have a responsibility to protect public housing residents from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, especially the elderly and children who suffer from asthma and other respiratory diseases. "

" And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers. "

" Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done. "

" I consider myself a pretty progressive person, and I think I have a track record that shows that. But I'm also not just going to do a policy because it's the liberal thing to do. "

" I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity. "

" The overwhelming success of San Antonio B-Cycle has proven that San Antonio is a model city for bike-sharing, and as we work toward creating a fitter city, the bike-share program encourages a more active and healthy lifestyle. "

" Republicans are so far out to the right, it's pushing people into the Democratic Party. "

" The number one way that we can address these long-term challenges of poverty, of education, is to invest in early childhood education. "

" Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn't get it. "

" My family's story isn't special. What's special is the America that makes our story possible. Ours is a nation like no other, a place where great journeys can be made in a single generation. No matter who you are or where you come from, the path is always forward. "

" My mother dreamed dreams for Joaquin and for me long before we could dream them for ourselves. "

" In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. "

" As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success of the Latino community, and this opportunity is just one more signifier of that. "

" It's a significant contribution if we can get immigration reform done. "

" I believe that Secretary Clinton has said, has acknowledged, that that was not the best way to handle her emails back then... and has turned over all of the information and the emails and documents and now the server. "

" Some people are lucky enough to borrow money from their parents, but that shouldn't determine whether you can pursue your dreams. "

" My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would have thought it extraordinary that just two generations after she arrived in San Antonio, one grandson would be the mayor and the other would be on his way - the good people of San Antonio willing- to the United States Congress. "

" Hopefully, in not a too distant future, we will see a Latino president, and who knows how's that going to happen. It's just a matter of time. "

" I wanted to be a quarterback. I used to like Johnny Unitas, the old quarterback for the Colts. "

" I grew up in a Texas where people would say, 'I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me.' Now, the reverse is happening. People are leaving the Republican Party because the Republican Party is going too far to the right in Texas. And that's a source of great potential support for Democrats. "

" I'm a recovering politician. "

" This thing has been studied to death by Republicans and Democrats: several committees, including in Congress, that have all said, 'Yes, of course what happened was tragic, but Secretary Clinton was not in any way at fault,' and what you have here with these e-mails is basically a witch hunt. "

" I wanted more people from my city to be able to have the kind of opportunity that I had. "

" The only part of my mother's experience that still gets to me is the way she and people like her were looked down upon for asking America to be America, for asking for full and equal participation in our democracy. "

" I understand Spanish better than I speak it. "

" I want to be able to pick up a list of names of graduates from high schools and colleges in the city and to see that that list is longer than it was when I started in 2009. "

" Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. "