Raul Ruiz Quotes

United States, Physician
August 25, 1972

Raul Ruiz, M.D. is an American physician and politician. A Democrat, he has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since winning election in 2012. In what was considered a major upset, Ruiz defeated redistricted, incumbent Republican representative Mary Bono Mack in the November 2012 general election in California's 36th congressional district. Ruiz was reelected to Congress in the 2014 election, after what was considered one of the most competitive congressional races in the country.

Also known as Politician

I'm not against speaking publicly and having passion for something. One of the cardinal beauties of America is that we have the freedom to do so.

Raul Ruiz
- Freedom
- Passion
- Against
It's wrong that members of Congress can purchase luxury airfare with taxpayer money when many families in my district and across the county are struggling to make ends meet.

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- Wrong
- Congress
- Families

I'm a doctor; we work in teams. I'm very committed to problem solving.

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- Work
- Problem
- Committed
Republicans have come up to me to say, 'Hey listen. My knee hurts. What do you think I should do?' I'll give them my recommendations.

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- Should
- Hurts
- Republicans
The measurement of good policy is the well-being of the community. I saw the human faces of failed policies, and they weren't smiling.

Raul Ruiz
If our men and women in uniform are restricted from buying first-class airfare, the same should apply to Congress.

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- Women
- Buying
- Uniform
When I graduated, I was told I was the first Latino to have three graduate degrees from Harvard. And Harvard does something amazing to you. It opens the doors to the world.

Raul Ruiz
- Something
- Degrees
- Latino
I think the personal satisfaction of doing good in the community and increasing value and holding true to the Hippocratic oath and being able to provide services to those that are in need is very strong moral reason to provide services for the underserved.

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I'm an ER doctor, period. I look at a problem with a certain lens: very action-oriented, very results-oriented.

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- Problem
- Period
- Certain
I'm a physician first and foremost. I will always be a physician.

Raul Ruiz