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" We should not be waiting until trains derail, bridges collapse and people die to adequately fund our transportation infrastructure. "
Elizabeth Esty
People
Die
Collapse
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" We can and must do our part to increase the number of Syrian refugees being resettled in the U.S. "
Elizabeth Esty
Being
Refugees
Our
" The Healthy Homes Tax Credit Act will help ensure that all families, regardless of their income, can protect their children from the lifelong health impacts of lead poisoning. "
Elizabeth Esty
Credit
Health
Children
" Manufacturing is the backbone of Connecticut's economy, and suppliers such as Click Bond depend on partnerships with U.S.-based manufacturers that export many of their products with Ex-Im's backing. "
Elizabeth Esty
Manufacturing
Click
Bond
" Hillary Clinton has spent those decades before her time in public office and since her time in public office advocating for common sense measures to fight gun violence. "
Elizabeth Esty
Time
Common Sense
Fight
" We may not have the cheapest labor costs, but where we can compete is innovation. Historically, that's been Connecticut's strength, and it can be again. "
Elizabeth Esty
Innovation
Again
Labor
" There's more GPS in the phone in your pocket than on most of our 21st century airliners - that's frightening. "
Elizabeth Esty
Most
Phone
21st Century
" I'm a mom. That probably hinders sometimes and helps sometimes. To some people, that makes me more approachable. "
Elizabeth Esty
Sometimes
Mom
People
" The lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook are unparalleled natural treasures with some of the highest water quality in Connecticut. "
Elizabeth Esty
Natural
Quality
Salmon
" Every week, we read about horrific tragedies resulting from children who play with firearms and accidentally shoot themselves or their family members. "
Elizabeth Esty
Shoot
Children
Family
" I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to advance policies that level the playing field for American workers and incentivize investing in jobs here at home. "
Elizabeth Esty
American
Home
Look
" Our country has been the leading provider of humanitarian aid for refugees. "
Elizabeth Esty
Humanitarian
Leading
Refugees
" We need to close the tax loopholes that have awarded companies moving out of the country and overseas; we need a government that will keep our country safe from terrorists at home and abroad... and a government that is responsive to the needs of the people. "
Elizabeth Esty
Moving
Need
People
" I'm out and around all the time. "
Elizabeth Esty
Time
Out
Around
" We owe it to our service men and women and their families, who sacrificed so much for our country, to find out the answers they deserve and make care and treatment for them, their children, and their grandchildren a priority. "
Elizabeth Esty
Service
Care
Children
" Civil rights and women's rights and gay rights all take time in this country. "
Elizabeth Esty
Time
Country
Rights
" We've been having a lot of hearings lately about the reliability of the grid and the need for more distributive generation. We can be a leader of that here in Connecticut. "
Elizabeth Esty
Leader
Need
Generation
" We should not silence our nation's researchers. "
Elizabeth Esty
Silence
Nation
Our
" We shield our children from hazardous products - liquid nicotine should be no exception. "
Elizabeth Esty
Children
Exception
Products
" As we celebrate Labor Day, we honor the men and women who fought tirelessly for workers' rights, which are so critical to our strong and successful labor force. "
Elizabeth Esty
Strong
Women
Celebrate
" There's no reason to continue including language in the federal spending bill to prohibit the CDC and NIH from studying the causes or effects of gun violence on public health. "
Elizabeth Esty
Violence
Reason
Language
" I just thought Harvard sounded great. So let's see if I get in. I didn't really have a big back-up plan. "
Elizabeth Esty
Big
Thought
Great
" We need to ensure that no one is denied employment, housing, opportunities, or benefits because of their sexual orientation. "
Elizabeth Esty
Need
Because
Housing
" My brother had the courage to come out in 1978, when equality was still a distant dream. "
Elizabeth Esty
Equality
Dream
Out
" I would like to live long enough to see the day when people talk about which guns are the safest. "
Elizabeth Esty
Enough
People
Long
" In Connecticut, we have a vibrant history of advocating to ensure our workers are treated fairly and given the rights and protections they deserve. Still, we need to do more to protect all American workers. "
Elizabeth Esty
American
Rights
Need
" Everyone is able to give to someone. "
Elizabeth Esty
Everyone
Able
Give
" There are things that matter more than your election. That may take difficult votes, may take career-ending votes for people, but if we aren't willing to do that, then we're not going to move forward. "
Elizabeth Esty
Forward
People
Election
" Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School three years ago, we have lost over 90,000 Americans to gun violence. This is a manmade crisis that needs to be treated as the public health epidemic it has become. "
Elizabeth Esty
Lost
School
Gun
" We know that school readiness programs work, and the best ones work extraordinarily well. They are effective in reducing the achievement gap, which in Connecticut is among the highest in the country. "
Elizabeth Esty
Know
Best
Achievement
" From fully funding nutrition programs to protecting children from liquid nicotine poisoning, I have focused many of my efforts in Congress on advocating for polices that invest in our most valuable resource - our children. "
Elizabeth Esty
Nutrition
Focused
Children