Gina Raimondo Quotes
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The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline.
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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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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’m committed to structural changes.
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I’ve been told I’m a workaholic.
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The public library is where I studied. It’s where my grandfather taught himself English.
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You can’t be a progressive and be opposed to pension reform.
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I fall into the camp that income inequality is the biggest problem we face.
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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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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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We have to slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully align all of our interests.
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People deserve to see a governor who is hustling every day.
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We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions.
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If I’m a CEO, I want to be in a place where the government works.
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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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The combination of funding for our ports, airports, and highways is a really significant investment in our infrastructure.
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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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I am a mother with kids in the public schools. People should know that. I’m not just some policy maker who’s totally detached from the rest of the community.
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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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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.
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Fixing the pension system was one of the biggest problems Rhode Island faced.
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I want to be able to look my daughter’s teacher in the eye and say, ‘Your pension will be there.’ I need to know that her pension will match up with a promise we can keep