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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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" It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins. "

" The D.C. playbook is obsolete. It's time for the people of California to bring the agenda to Washington, not the other way around. "

" 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. "

" The Internet is now the catalyst in our society for growing our economy, engaging in the democratic process, and connecting with one another. It is an information equalizer, and everyone from farmworkers to financiers deserves fair access to it. "

" I wouldn't have voted to prosecute 13-year-olds as adults. "

" Addressing budget issues is usually a balancing act in which cuts are weighed against revenue increases to find the best solution for the state. "

" Unlike Washington, the California legislature has proved that cooperation is both possible and essential to successful policymaking, while stubborn absolutism will have you trailing head lice in popularity polls. "

" 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. "

" I know - firsthand - that California works best when everyone has the opportunity to succeed. It's a lesson that's hard to learn from the back of a limousine, or behind gated walls. And it's a lesson that guided me every day as the president of the California State Senate - the most productive and progressive policymaking body in America. "

" It is erroneous and profoundly irresponsible to suggest that up to three million undocumented immigrants living in America are dangerous criminals. "

" Our State Senate must lead by example, restore trust and transparency, stop sweeping workplace misconduct under the rug, and do everything we can to protect women who work in and around the Capitol. "

" We speak truth to power, and we've never been fooled into believing Donald Trump 'can be a good president.' "

" The days of Democrats biding our time, biting our tongue, and triangulating at the margins are over. "

" There isn't enough renewable fuel in the world to crack our growing addiction to foreign oil. We need to decrease miles driven and increase engine efficiency. "

" California will not become a cog in the Trump deportation machine. "

" As Democrats, we will never be fooled into believing that if we are patient enough, that Donald Trump could be a good president. "

" Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world. "

" While we need to provide leadership and stability to the world, we should do that through diplomacy. "

" 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.' "

" My mother, Carmen, cleaned houses and took care of elderly people. "

" What we have done dramatically in California is lead the entire nation. For example, we have created more jobs in clean energy in California than there are coal-mining jobs in all of America. "

" We will not lift a single finger or spend a single cent to be a cog in the Trump deportation machine, and we won't be complicit in his effort to make American great again by reengineering the legal immigration system. "

" My whole life, I've been told to 'wait my turn' and 'know my place.' "

" I am not just a defender of the California Dream. I am a product of it. "

" I would never vote to allow federal agents to spy on American citizens without warrants. "

" Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job. "

" 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. "

" We can't cross our fingers and hope that President Donald Trump can 'learn and change.' "

" I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough. "

" Police chiefs know a thing or two about public safety. "