Kate Brown Quotes

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Kate Brown

Profession : Politician

Birth : June 21, 1960

I seek solutions, not battles.

Kate Brown

I think the bottom line for Oregonians is that cleaner fuels mean cleaner air, and we need that, and we want that.

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The record shows that I've kept a very steady hand on the helm throughout some enormous challenges.

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John Kitzhaber was a visionary leader for Oregon.

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The challenge is sort of capturing the issues that Oregonians feel strongly about and moving forward on those.

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My highest priority is the safety of all Oregonians and their communities.

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I realized I could make a difference. I could be their voice; I could fight for them... There's no better place to fight for working families than the governor's chair.

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If I can save one kid's life, for me, it's absolutely worth it.

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I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality.

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Most of my time as a legislator, I served in the minority. So I'm used to getting the heel of a loaf of bread.

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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.

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The Department of Energy is a critical component of our efforts to curtail climate change; that work will be less effective unless we collaboratively rebuild confidence in the agency and its programs.

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I'm very committed to stable and adequate funding for education.

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My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.

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For me, clean fuels translates into cleaner air for Oregonians. I think that's a good thing.

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Oregonians have many good reasons to be proud of our election system.

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Any threat to the health and safety of a child in any school or classroom is unacceptable.

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I am very concerned that federal and state air quality programs do not consider public health in regulating certain classes of industrial air emissions.

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Imagine trying to learn without a dry place to sleep, eat, and do homework. Children cannot succeed in school if their lives out of school are in total chaos.

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High-quality public education - combined with other appropriate support, as needed - is the best way to achieve the Oregon Business Plan's goal of reducing the number of people living in poverty.

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