Tina Smith Quotes

Tina Smith

Profession : Politician

Birth : March 4, 1958

I'll never have the seniority of lions of the Senate who've been in office for decades. What I do have is a lifetime of experience as a parent and activist, small business owner, and lieutenant governor of Minnesota.

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I came to Washington understanding what the Senate is capable of accomplishing and knowing that I'd have myriad opportunities as a senator to get things done.

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I had always heard that Mitch McConnell was a master legislator and a true loyalist to this institution. But in the 18 months I've been in the Senate, what I've seen is an astonishingly limited vision for what the Senate can and should accomplish. What a waste.

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Every day, I talk to Democratic and Republican colleagues with lots of ideas about the work we should be doing.

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The way elections are won in Minnesota is by talking to people and sharing what's on their minds. It sounds so simple, but it really is the thing that works.

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Being lieutenant governor is sort of like being invited into everyone's living room, and you just get an understanding of the state.

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I believe that my work extending health care to women through Planned Parenthood is something that most people will respect and do respect.

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When the extreme right-wing... charges forward with a defund Planned Parenthood, anti-Planned Parenthood focused message, what happens is that people rally even more around Planned Parenthood.

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Take what women say seriously. That hasn't always happened in this country.

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Nobody has a cakewalk to become governor.

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People are so much more interested in making connections, and finding common ground, and sharing experiences than sometimes their governments are.

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Cuba is in some ways a perfect trading partner for Minnesota because there's so little overlap between what they are good at and they produce and what Minnesota is good at and what we produce. So it's a natural trading relationship, especially because they're so close.

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People have lots of different feelings about what happened when Sen. Franken made the really hard decision to resign. I have come to respect people have lots of different feelings, sometimes very strong feelings, and they're not all the same.

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I don't shy away from standing up against the president or other people who I think are taking us in the wrong direction.

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I was appointed to the Senate, and it has been my job to serve in the Senate and then to earn the vote of Minnesotans.

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You know, sometimes I think people in politics are always looking for the next job and the next opportunity. And frankly, that's just not the way I'm wired.

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I think there are some people in Washington who are pretty out of step with what people want, certainly what Minnesotans want.

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All I can do is pay attention, listen to what people in Minnesota are saying and do everything I can to bring that voice to Washington.

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I will join the fight for the DREAM Act that will create a pathway to citizenship for our Dreamers.

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I want people to know: At every point in my life that I needed help, it was right there.

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