Gina Raimondo Quotes
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The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline.
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People deserve to see a governor who is hustling every day.
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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?’
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I’m committed to structural changes.
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I fall into the camp that income inequality is the biggest problem we face.
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We know businesses can’t compete without reliable infrastructure.
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First Sergeant P. Andrew McKenna served our nation with distinction. All Rhode Islanders are grateful for his service, and our prayers are with his family and loved ones, we havelost a patriot and ahero.
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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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I’ve been told I’m a workaholic.
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You can’t be a progressive and be opposed to pension reform.
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The public library is where I studied. It’s where my grandfather taught himself English.
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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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Democrats and all public servants just need to be honest. If we have schools that aren’t working … we need to face the facts and fix them.
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If I’m a CEO, I want to be in a place where the government works.
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The combination of funding for our ports, airports, and highways is a really significant investment in our infrastructure.
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We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions.
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Don’t ignore big problems, and don’t try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are.
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Maybe you think, ‘I’m not college material.’ Maybe you worry that you don’t have the money. Then you take the SAT. You see that colleges are getting in touch with you. You begin to think maybe you are ready for college.
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It's unacceptable how many mistakes were made in this roll-out and we need to hold people accountable, because Rhode Islanders deserve better, taxpayers deserve better.
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We have to slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully align all of our interests.
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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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Budgets that don’t balance, public programs that aren’t funded, pension funds that are running out of money, schools that aren’t funded – How does that help anyone?
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My own rhetoric is not so ‘us versus them.’ I don’t like fighting.
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In business, we use certain principles to measure performance, and I envision applying those principles in the public sector.