J. B. Pritzker Quotes
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I have been fighting to protect women's healthcare and reproductive rights for decades.
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There's a truth about public service that is often unspoken and rarely understood - that the role of our elected officials is about much more than balancing budgets and ensuring the delivery of essential services.
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When you're governor, you've got to step up to the plate; you've got to make a proposal for a balanced budget. That's the requirement. And then you've got to sit down and negotiate if the folks that you need to work with disagree with you on points.
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Selling online is one channel, but it's not the only channel.
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I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.
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We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.
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Illinois needs a single-payer health care system, and as governor, I will take the steps to get us there.
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I'm a progressive.
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I am so proud to have the endorsement of a distinguished leader like Glenn Poshard.
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By legitimizing Iran's nuclear program, removing the pressure of economic sanctions, and allowing it to obtain conventional weapons and ballistic missiles, this agreement makes the prospect for war more likely, not less.
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We all know Illinois has big challenges. And under Gov. Rauner, things have only gotten worse.
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In the World Cup, people of many nations come together for a fierce competition. To field the best team, all the competitor nations know that they need to train their athletes for many years, starting as early as the first moments a child can recognize a soccer ball. No shortcuts. No late starts.
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Head Start has been a key component of health, nutrition and early learning opportunities since the 1960s.
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Governor Rauner talks about what he might get done or what he tried to get done. It's past time for all his talk. It's time for action. It's what I've been doing my whole life.
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As an elected official, an advocate for children, and an educator, Glenn Poshard has always fought for what's right.
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My uncles and my aunts were outstanding. There's just no other way to say it.
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There are not 'many sides' in the fight against hatred and bigotry. There is only right and wrong.
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There's no doubt that there's a public backlash against the way campaign money is raised, but I don't think the only alternative is to elect people with money.
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The challenge in multi-lateral negotiations is not to lose sight of one's over-arching goal in the midst of the cacophony of opinions at the bargaining table.
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Early education is the type of issue politicians nod their heads at, and then when it comes time to make a tough decision, a financial trade-off, inevitably it's about the first item tossed from the table.
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I've been honored to take part in protests and events across Illinois, joining with thousands of you in the resistance, making calls, sending letters, and making sure Washington understands that we will not allow the ACA to be repealed.
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Women should not be forced to accept sexual harassment as the price of admission to a life and career in the political world. They should not have to endure unwanted touching, innuendo, and propositioning from men in positions of power.
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The idea of investing in entrepreneurs who are building things from scratch, where I can participate in their dream, was very, very exciting to me.
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Bruce Rauner needs to lead, and until he does, we must fight to hold him accountable.