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" We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq. "
Xavier Becerra
Cannot
Iraq
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" It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first time they are faced with a decision regarding alcohol. "
Xavier Becerra
Time
Parents
First
" 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
" 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
" I will fight like the dickens to protect Social Security. "
Xavier Becerra
Fight
Will
Security
" The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol. "
Xavier Becerra
Good
Parents
Alcohol
" As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes. "
Xavier Becerra
Two
Million
Diabetes
" You don't win the game if you try to hit home runs all the time. "
Xavier Becerra
Try
You
Time
" 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
" I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader. "
Xavier Becerra
Hope
Change
Leader
" 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
" 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
" If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act. "
Xavier Becerra
Likely
Act
More
" 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
" I'm going to fight to the death for a public option. "
Xavier Becerra
Going
Death
Public
" 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
" According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world. "
Xavier Becerra
Heart
World
United States
" But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history. "
Xavier Becerra
Chapter
Nation
Work
" 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
" 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
" I've learned to be pragmatic, but I don't sacrifice my principles, my values. "
Xavier Becerra
Sacrifice
Values
Pragmatic
" 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
" I don't consider this hard work. I love it, and I think I get to make a difference. I really believe in Secretary Clinton, and I want to feel like I'm part of making a difference; I really do. "
Xavier Becerra
Think
Believe
Hard Work
" 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
" We need to make investment to get the economy going again, to give the private sector the confidence. "
Xavier Becerra
Confidence
Economy
Need
" 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
" Having passion does not mean you have to descend into bickering and fighting. "
Xavier Becerra
Fighting
Having
Mean
" I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership. "
Xavier Becerra
Own
Been
Leadership
" 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
" Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced. "
Xavier Becerra
Country
Which
Trade
" California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running. "
Xavier Becerra
Hit
Important
Leadership