Elizabeth Esty Quotes
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I'm a mom. That probably hinders sometimes and helps sometimes. To some people, that makes me more approachable.
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In Connecticut, we have a vibrant history of advocating to ensure our workers are treated fairly and given the rights and protections they deserve. Still, we need to do more to protect all American workers.
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We owe it to our service men and women and their families, who sacrificed so much for our country, to find out the answers they deserve and make care and treatment for them, their children, and their grandchildren a priority.
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This historically has been an issue that both parties have run away from. For the first time, Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party in its platform are making this issue, about needing to do better as a country to take common sense steps to help prevent gun violence.
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We have an epidemic of gun violence in America, and in trying to understand how that has happened, part of what we need to do is help equip our children to respond not with fear but with kindness. This has to be the way we go forward.
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We need to ensure that no one is denied employment, housing, opportunities, or benefits because of their sexual orientation.
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There is no possible justification or excuse for marketing dangerous weapons to children as if they were toys.
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I do think the U.S. has a moral and political leadership role to play.
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While we may not know how to stop these horrific mass shootings, we do know this: Limiting high-capacity magazines will save lives, and we know this because it has saved lives.
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There are things that matter more than your election. That may take difficult votes, may take career-ending votes for people, but if we aren't willing to do that, then we're not going to move forward.
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Those who know me would say I'm a passionate and hard-working mom and a community leader who knows how to get things done.
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I'm out and around all the time.
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We just have to do better as a country on incorporating the best technology to allow us to get where we want to get quickly and safely.
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Unfortunately, this will have a ripple effect in the economy. People carrying heavy student-loan debt won't buy houses, start families, or start businesses. This will hurt the future economy.
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In my lifetime, I have seen how greater liberty, greater justice, and greater respect ultimately does prevail, but it prevails only when people are willing to fight for it and willing to lose for it.
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It would be really easy to get discouraged over gun safety, and I have to explain all the time why I am not giving up and why people should not give up.
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Civil rights and women's rights and gay rights all take time in this country.
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You have to believe in something strongly enough that you would lose your seat over it.
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Cities and towns throughout central and northwest Connecticut have strong industrial histories and are now in the process of transitioning into new sources of economic growth. I'm doing what I can to be a strong partner in these efforts.
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We've been having a lot of hearings lately about the reliability of the grid and the need for more distributive generation. We can be a leader of that here in Connecticut.
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We need to stop trying to restrict access to lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, and well-woman exams.
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Gun violence is a plague in all of our communities, and we must come together to stop it.
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Hillary Clinton has spent those decades before her time in public office and since her time in public office advocating for common sense measures to fight gun violence.
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I just thought Harvard sounded great. So let's see if I get in. I didn't really have a big back-up plan.