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" We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition. "
Kevin de Leon
Move
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You
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" Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies. "
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" There's always more employers can do to protect their employees. "
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" Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about. "
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" I don't believe other states should be in the business of luring production out of California. We've made it clear that no one is going to out-compete California. "
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" I didn't know how to do a press release, so I'd call the local Assembly member and say, 'Hey, can you fax me one of your press releases?' 'Which one?' 'Any one.' "
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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. "
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" We're planting trees to break up the concrete jungle. We're building public transportation and affordable housing. "
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" We can't cross our fingers and hope that President Donald Trump can 'learn and change.' "
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Hope
" I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Diversity
California
Lost
" 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. "
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Only
President
" Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world. "
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California
World
Energy
" It is erroneous and profoundly irresponsible to suggest that up to three million undocumented immigrants living in America are dangerous criminals. "
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America
Up
Living
" We carved it in stone: no matter the place of your birth or the hue of your skin, you can live in California in safety, dignity, and, yes, sanctuary. "
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Live
You
Stone
" Police chiefs know a thing or two about public safety. "
Kevin de Leon
Police
Public
Safety
" I don't like to move abstract theoretical policies that, on a white paper, sound good. If I wanted to do that, I'd be a professor. "
Kevin de Leon
Good
Paper
Sound
" California serves as our nation's cutting edge on many fronts. "
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Our
California
Nation
" 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. "
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Political
Opportunity
Here
" I wouldn't have voted for the war in Iraq, which has cost us trillions we could have been spending on a carbon-free economy, affordable college, and single-payer health care. "
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Care
War
Us
" California continues to pass the most ambitious laws in the world to expand clean energy and combat climate change. "
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California
Energy
World
" 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. "
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Young
Honor
Cancer
" It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins. "
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Repeat
Remember
Past
" I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough. "
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Good
Think
Enough
" My whole life, I've been told to 'wait my turn' and 'know my place.' "
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Life
Know
Place
" As the youngest child of a single immigrant mother with a third-grade education, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd ever be an elected official. "
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Education
Mother
" When people see the healthful impact this is having and all the hard hats constructing, their minds may change about high-speed rail. "
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" Foreign relations should involve human rights, workers' rights, and environmental protection. "
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" Drafting local police into Trump's immigration crackdown undermines public safety and is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars. "
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