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" We know businesses can't compete without reliable infrastructure. "
Gina Raimondo
Without
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" The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline. "
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" What we have to do is support business, but also support our workers with job training programs and with reasonable wages. "
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" In business, we use certain principles to measure performance, and I envision applying those principles in the public sector. "
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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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" If you have the talent, you should have the opportunity. "
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" My own rhetoric is not so 'us versus them.' I don't like fighting. "
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" I still believe in the power of government to make lives better, and I believe that if someone is willing to take a stand, other people will follow. "
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" We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions. "
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" The public bus is how I got to school every day. "
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" We've just got to keep going. More. More work, more action, more results. "
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" I care about buses and libraries and schools and roads and education. "
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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. "
Gina Raimondo
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" Almost every day, people will say to me some version of, 'You're so much nicer in real life.' I guess I come across as not nice. "
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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?' "
Gina Raimondo
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Ask
Create
" 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. "
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Daughter
" I've done a lot of deals, and I'm skilled at negotiating, managing personalities, and getting parties to the table. "
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Lot
Personalities
Deals
" Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool. "
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Talent
Pool
Places
" We can just keep doing it the way we're doing it. We can attack everybody for small-minded things and crush everybody with a new idea. And where are we going to be? Where we are now - behind. Or we can embrace new things and try to be positive and let everybody play a role. "
Gina Raimondo
Positive
Try
Play
" 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
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You
Government
" People talk about Social Security. There is no parallel between Rhode Island's pension and Social Security. "
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Island
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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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You
Rich
" 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
Teach
" My vision for a better Rhode Island starts with a simple idea - we are all in this together. "
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Simple
Together
Better
" If I'm a CEO, I want to be in a place where the government works. "
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CEO
Government
Place
" You can't be a progressive and be opposed to pension reform. "
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" The single greatest under-utilized resource we have as a nation is women and girls. "
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Women
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" Fixing the pension system was one of the biggest problems Rhode Island faced. "
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" I respect public employees and school teachers. They deserve a secure retirement. "
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Retirement
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Employees
" I think the Founding Fathers probably knew what they were doing in setting up the government to have a healthy tension between the executive branch and the legislative branch. "
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Doing
Government
Healthy
" I don't really care if you're a Republican or Democrat or you want to fight about the size of government. How about a government that just works? Put your tax dollar in and get a return out the other end. "
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Fight
You
Want