Jimmy Gomez Quotes

American - Politician Born: November 25, 1974

I'm still the community college kid with immigrant parents. Jimmy Gomez

Community, Parents, College, Immigrant

In my four years as a state legislator, I went to dozens of nontraditional events - everything from bird watchings to tree giveaways, neighborhood cleanups to self-defense clinics for women - going where people are instead of asking them to come to me. It's how I learned about their struggles and how legislative decisions affected their lives. Jimmy Gomez

Women, Tree, Bird, Me, People, Decisions

A lot of the fake news conversation came right after the 2016 election, but it's something that had been discussed before Donald Trump ever ran for president. Jimmy Gomez

Election, Fake, Conversation, News, Been

I will not support a federal budget that cuts funds for sanctuary cities, states, or universities. Jimmy Gomez

Support, Budget, Will, Sanctuary, States

I believe young people from working families should have access to debt-free education because I know from my own experience that a high-school degree is not always enough, and a higher education can change a life. Jimmy Gomez

Life, Education, Change, Experience

I always knew it'd be difficult to balance the right of privacy and the right of free speech. I think that is a tension that we've seen in court case after court case and law after law. And we always strive to find that right balance. Jimmy Gomez

Balance, Law, Think, Privacy, Free, Find

We have seen the corrupting effects of a deliberate propaganda campaign driven by fake news. Jimmy Gomez

Fake, News, Propaganda, Driven, Campaign

When fake news is repeated, it becomes difficult for the public to discern what's real. Jimmy Gomez

Fake, News, Difficult, Real, Public

Ensuring guns are out of the reach of children and holding those accountable who are irresponsible is the first step in reducing firearm accidents. Jimmy Gomez

Children, Step, First Step, Reach, Guns

By giving students the proper tools to analyze the media they consume, we can empower them to make informed decisions. Jimmy Gomez

Giving, Decisions, Tools, Media, Empower

I'm Latino, progressive, and I have deep roots in the working class - my father was a bracero, a guest farmworker and cook, and my mom worked as a nursing home laundry attendant. Jimmy Gomez

Home, Father, Mom, Roots, Deep, Laundry

I feel like the fools who dream and who take risks are the ones who change the world. Jimmy Gomez

Change, Change The World, Risks, World

People should hold elected officials accountable for how they vote. Period. Jimmy Gomez

People, Vote, Hold, Accountable, Should

The money doesn't buy me, and it never will. Jimmy Gomez

Money, Me, Will, Never, Buy

As a California state legislator, I supported our cap-and-trade law to force polluters to pay for releasing harmful greenhouse gases to combat climate change. Jimmy Gomez

Change, Law, Climate Change, California

We need to combat Trump's agenda to make sure he can't divide our families. Jimmy Gomez

Need, Our, Sure, Combat, Divide, Make

I like musicals. Jimmy Gomez

I'm trying to work on my Spanish. Jimmy Gomez

Work, Trying, Spanish

I will not negotiate the demise of the ACA with the Trump administration, but I would certainly be willing to work with responsible Republicans to fix some of the problems, particularly by strengthening the individual purchasers market to bring younger and healthier people into the risk pool. Jimmy Gomez

Work, People, Problems, Risk, Pool, Will

We must continue to honor America's commitment to keeping families together and not turn our backs on refugees and asylum seekers. Jimmy Gomez

Together, Commitment, Honor, America

I do support 'sanctuary cities,' and I would be a firm, non-negotiable 'no' vote on any deliberations that include the possibility of blocking funding for them. Jimmy Gomez

Support, Vote, Funding, Sanctuary, Would

I'm still that kid that worked at Subway and Target. Jimmy Gomez

Kid, Subway, Target, Still, Worked

I know that it takes a coalition of individuals fighting against this very divisive agenda that the Trump administration and the Republicans are trying to push. Jimmy Gomez

Fighting, Trying, Push, Know, Against

A lot of people think I'm crazy, you know, leaving a Democratic supermajority state to go to the superminority in Congress. Jimmy Gomez

People, Crazy, Think, You, Know, Leaving

Time will change who is in power. Jimmy Gomez

Change, Time, Power, Will, Who

Someone like Bernie Sanders can be in office for 30 years, but he's not the establishment. Jimmy Gomez

Someone, Office, Years, Like, He

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