Jimmy Gomez Quotes
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I will not negotiate the demise of the ACA with the Trump administration, but I would certainly be willing to work with responsible Republicans to fix some of the problems, particularly by strengthening the individual purchasers market to bring younger and healthier people into the risk pool.
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I believe young people from working families should have access to debt-free education because I know from my own experience that a high-school degree is not always enough, and a higher education can change a life.
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We have seen the corrupting effects of a deliberate propaganda campaign driven by fake news.
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When fake news is repeated, it becomes difficult for the public to discern what's real.
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A poor person in my community doesn't see a person driving a Tesla and say, 'That benefits me.'
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Time will change who is in power.
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A lot of people think I'm crazy, you know, leaving a Democratic supermajority state to go to the superminority in Congress.
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In my four years as a state legislator, I went to dozens of nontraditional events - everything from bird watchings to tree giveaways, neighborhood cleanups to self-defense clinics for women - going where people are instead of asking them to come to me. It's how I learned about their struggles and how legislative decisions affected their lives.
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I want to work on environmental issues.
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I've been pushing for the longest time that you get the votes easier and with more enthusiasm when people feel like you're addressing their concerns.
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I understand the politics of Washington, D.C. You need to hold firm, you need to work with your colleagues, and you need to throw elbows.
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I'm Latino, progressive, and I have deep roots in the working class - my father was a bracero, a guest farmworker and cook, and my mom worked as a nursing home laundry attendant.
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If Dems don't stick together, we're going to lose.
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I'm trying to work on my Spanish.
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People should hold elected officials accountable for how they vote. Period.
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We must continue to honor America's commitment to keeping families together and not turn our backs on refugees and asylum seekers.
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To me, 'the establishment' means people who are out of touch with the people they're elected to represent.
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I know that it takes a coalition of individuals fighting against this very divisive agenda that the Trump administration and the Republicans are trying to push.
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The money doesn't buy me, and it never will.
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Parliamentarian rules, the rules of the House, how you get bills referred, really the nuts and bolts that most members don't ever want to know because it's a lot of work. But that's what really makes you successful.
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If I was so establishment, I don't think Our Revolution... would actually endorse me.
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I like musicals.
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I've seen suffering first-hand, and we have to make sure we relieve people's suffering.
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I always knew it'd be difficult to balance the right of privacy and the right of free speech. I think that is a tension that we've seen in court case after court case and law after law. And we always strive to find that right balance.