Kevin de Leon Quotes

Kevin de Leon

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 10, 1966

Addressing budget issues is usually a balancing act in which cuts are weighed against revenue increases to find the best solution for the state.

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There's always more employers can do to protect their employees.

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I wouldn't have voted for the war in Iraq, which has cost us trillions we could have been spending on a carbon-free economy, affordable college, and single-payer health care.

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I wouldn't have voted to prosecute 13-year-olds as adults.

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I wouldn't have supported invoking Taft-Hartley to help George Bush end a strike.

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I worry about civil-rights activists being targeted as black-identity extremists. I worry about the government saying, 'I don't like this progressive blogger' and subjecting them to scrutiny.

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As the youngest child of a single immigrant mother with a third-grade education, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd ever be an elected official.

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Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about.

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Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job.

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When you have a president who mocks our inclusivity, who demonizes our diversity... you can't ask for patience.

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We can't cross our fingers and hope that President Donald Trump can 'learn and change.'

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California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity.

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I am not just a defender of the California Dream. I am a product of it.

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If I've learned one thing as a state leader, it's that California will never fulfill its truest potential if we wait for Washington to change on its own.

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Cap and trade is an important tool in California's climate policy portfolio. It sends a price signal to industries to reduce their carbon pollution while generating billions of dollars in revenue for investments in clean transportation and direct pollution reduction.

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Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world.

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Clean energy isn't just good for the planet; it's good for consumers' monthly utility bills and for the economy.

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California continues to pass the most ambitious laws in the world to expand clean energy and combat climate change.

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My mother passed away young - she died from ovarian cancer at just 54 years old. Her sacrifices for my sisters and I evoke a tribute in her honor each and every Mother's Day.

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I've been surrounded by strong, hardworking women like my mother all my life.

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