Quotes by Deb Haaland - Page 2

We must shift our thinking away from short-term gain toward long-term investment and sustainability, and always have the next generations in mind with every decision we make.
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Decision
Generations
Investment
Long Term
Mind
Next
Short Term
Sustainability
Thinking
Always
Thinking Always Mind
Make
Away
Every
Our
Gain
Must
Shift
Toward
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I learned from my parents to revere nature. Their way of teaching my siblings and I to respect the environment was to be in it, and so we spent a great deal of time outdoors.
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Environment
Sibling
Teaching
Great Deal
Outdoors
Revere
Spent
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The Republicans cry for smaller government; however, it seems that at every turn, they work at interfering with the lives of Americans, and we can add food-choice to the list.
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Smaller Government
Interfering
Smaller
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Offshore drilling is not the solution to U.S. energy independence, and I am against opening parts of the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic oceans to oil and natural gas production.
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Independence
Arctic
Drilling
Energy
Energy Independence
Gas
Natural
Natural Gas
Offshore
Opening
Pacific
Against
Atlantic
Production
Oceans
Parts
Solution
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I wasn't raised to make history. In high school and family, no one around me was politically involved, and few of my friends planned to attend college or even thought about it.
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Family History Me
Attend
Planned
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My mother was a stay-at-home mom until I turned 14, and up to that point, we were made to study hard after school each day, and appreciate what my dad called 'a free education.'
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Each Day
Stay At Home
Stay At Home Mom
Education Mom Dad
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As someone who has dealt with economic hardship, I am committed to making the changes necessary for our country to become more equitable. And to do so, I believe we need to think big.
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Committed
Equitable
Hardship
Think Big
Believe I Believe I Am
Dealt
Necessary
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We need a national universal paid family leave program that allows families to be together in the most important moments of our lives - from having a baby to caring for a dying parent.
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Caring
Dying
Having A Baby
Important Moments
Moments
Our Lives
Paid
Parent
Program
Leave
Families
National
The Most Important
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We are pushing for Medicare-for-all. That's an economic issue - it really is. And if we can work toward a fair, more-equitable system for working families, everybody would have health care.
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Pushing
Work Health Care
Working Families
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During my elementary and middle school years, my mother made me and my siblings' lunches every single day - this was affordable for a Marine climbing the ranks and supporting a family of six.
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Affordable
Climbing
Marine
Middle School
School Years
Sibling
Six
Family Mother Me
Family Me Day
Elementary
Every Single Day
Ranks
Single Day
Supporting
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Everything depends on our ability to sustainably inhabit this earth, and true sustainability will require us all to change our way of thinking on how we take from the earth and how we give back.
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Change
Ability
Depends
Earth
Sustainability
Thinking
Way
Will
True
Back
Take
How
Give
Inhabit
Require
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Immigrants and Native Americans have made our country what it is today, and if we've learned anything through these hundreds of years - it should be that we can accomplish more when we work together.
Deb Haaland /
Accomplish
Country
Immigrants
Made
Native
Should
Today
Years
Anything
American
Through
Work Together Country
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Years
Learned
Native Americans
Work Together
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Fairness is not just about getting equal pay for equal work (though it is that too!) - it's about taking bold and challenging steps to raise incomes and protect those with little or no economic power.
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Economic Power
Equal Pay
Fairness
Steps
Bold
Equal Work
Incomes
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In Congress, I will fight for an education system that bridges the opportunity gap in order to help close the achievement gap, and prioritize models that sustain and enrich whole people and communities.
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Education
Opportunity
Achievement
Bridges
Congress
Models
Order
Prioritize
Close
Communities
Fight
Enrich
Gap
Help
Sustain
System
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Elizabeth Warren has been a champion for working people. She has been a champion for Native people. She has been a champion for education and all of the things that we should care about in this country.
Deb Haaland /
Native
Elizabeth
Warren
Working People
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I think it's important to always have diversity, in our Congress or anywhere, but you also need diversity not just for women of color who are most underrepresented, but diversity in different walks of life.
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Color
Congress
Walks
Life Women Always
Anywhere
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Renewable energy and climate change are very important to a lot of people, because we need jobs and we really, really believe that we can create jobs by moving down a path toward 100 percent renewable energy.
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Jobs
Climate
Climate Change
Energy
Moving
Path
Renewable Energy
Create
Renewable
Toward
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In 1881, my dad's grandparents, who were Norwegian farmers, immigrated to the United States - the same year my great grandfather from Laguna Pueblo was put on a train to Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.
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Dad
Great
Farmers
Grandfather
Indian
Pennsylvania
School
States
Train
United
United States
Same
Year
Put
Norwegian
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We can't afford to compromise on anything we have fought for - abortion is legal in our country, and I will do everything in my power to stand up for the rights of women and all people to choose when and how they build a family.
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Legal
Abortion
Compromise
Rights
Build
Afford
All People
Choose
Fought
Stand Up
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When my daughter Somah was young, I didn't have much money. But I was fortunate to find a preschool where I could volunteer in exchange for lower tuition. I saw firsthand how an early childhood education shaped my daughter's success.
Deb Haaland /
Daughter
Childhood
Early Childhood
Fortunate
Preschool
Tuition
Volunteer
Exchange
Early
Firsthand
Saw
Lower
Shaped
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As an organizer in the most underrepresented communities in my state, I have felt the frustration that so many voters must feel when other states limit polling locations, require photo IDs, and put unnecessary barriers in front of voters.
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Barriers
Frustration
Organizer
Polling
Unnecessary
Voters
Photo
Limit
Locations
Require
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Our country has a trust responsibility to Indian tribes, and it seems like their voice has been lacking in so many conversations that we've had in this country. And so, I'd like to make sure that tribal leaders have that seat at the table.
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Trust
Indian
Lacking
Responsibility
Seems
Tribes
Voice
Seat
Conversations
Table
Tribal
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Healthcare is a human right. No one should face bankruptcy or death because of lack of healthcare. All Americans - regardless of their health or residential status - should be able to access the healthcare they need, whenever they need it.
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Bankruptcy
Healthcare
All Americans
Human Right
Residential
Status
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I will fight special interests in Washington who exploit Native, rural, and low income communities for the purpose of fracking and drilling that pollutes our environment. No short or long term gain is worth polluting our water. Water is life.
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Drilling
Income
Native
Special Interests
Exploit
Gain
Polluting
Rural
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I am disappointed and frustrated by the FCC's decision to ignore the vast majority of Americans across the political spectrum, and instead side with corporations that now have the power to manipulate Internet access based on who can pay more.
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Corporations
Disappointed
Fcc
Frustrated
Manipulate
Political Spectrum
Spectrum
Vast
Ignore
Vast Majority
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When the sun is sending more energy to earth in one hour than the entire world consumes in a year, any political play to undermine our ability to harness this energy effectively and efficiently is clearly not economical but it's also unethical.
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Harness
Unethical
Consumes
Economical
Efficiently
Entire World
Sending
Undermine
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I will continue to be at the forefront, participating in rallies, marches, letter-writing campaigns, and fighting for federal funding for Planned Parenthood. And, I will always oppose the nomination of any anti-choice U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Deb Haaland /
Campaigns
Funding
Parenthood
Participating
Planned Parenthood
Supreme
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice
Federal Funding
Forefront
Marches
Nomination
Oppose
Planned
Rallies
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The health of Americans must no longer be a commodity to be traded, bought, or sold for profit by the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. We must promote medical and Medicaid home models to provide comprehensive care for body, mind, and spirit.
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Health
Body
Care
Commodity
Comprehensive
Medicaid
Models
Pharmaceutical
Profit
Bought
Industries
Insurance
Longer
Promote
Provide
Sold
Traded
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Even after being diagnosed with Covid-19, Bolsonaro fails to take this virus seriously and is directly targeting vulnerable indigenous communities by failing to provide them with adequate funding to address this pandemic. It's an attack on human rights.
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Adequate
Failing
Funding
Human Rights
Indigenous
Diagnosed
Directly
Pandemic
Targeting
Virus
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The promise of American opportunity and prosperity means something different to each of us. What we each envision varies in terms of wants and needs, and aspirations can change over time. But we all want to see our children have more opportunities than we had.
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Promise
Aspirations
Change Time Opportunity
Envision
Opportunities
Varies
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A free and open Internet is crucial for innovation and the exchange of information and ideas. It allows grassroots communities to organize and mobilize against injustice across our nation and the globe. It's good for business, consumers, and our entire economy.
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Crucial
Grassroots
Injustice
Organize
Exchange
Mobilize
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If anyone can say 'go back,' it's Native Americans. My Pueblo ancestors, despite being targeted at every juncture - despite facing famine and drought - still inhabit this country today. But indigenous people aren't asking anyone to go back to where they came from.
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Asking
Despite
Drought
Famine
Indigenous
Indigenous People
Juncture
Native
Ancestors
Today People Country
Facing
Inhabit
Native Americans
Targeted
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I spent my 20s earning minimum wage decorating cakes for a living. But one day, I looked in the mirror and realized I wanted more, for me and my people. I saw too many Native Americans struggling, and I realized we should have a voice in who our elected officials are.
Deb Haaland /
Decorating
Earning
Elected Officials
Minimum
Minimum Wage
Native
Officials
One Day
Voice
Wanted
Living
American
Cakes
Elected
Saw
Looked
Native Americans
Realized
Spent
Struggling
Wage
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For almost 20 years, I've worked on various campaigns. I started out as a phone volunteer. I'd go into campaign offices, ask for lists of Native American voters, and just start calling people because I felt that I just wanted to help more Native folks get to the polls.
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Campaigns
Folks
Lists
Native
Native American
Polls
Volunteer
Voters
Start People More
Offices
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Over-dependence on finite resources, like oil, ignores the ability of our great minds to develop alternative energy for the masses, and in doing so ignores climate change and sets up our students and workforce for failure by not educating them about the needs of our future.
Deb Haaland /
Failure
Future
Ability
Climate Change
Energy
Finite
Great Minds
Needs
Oil
Resources
Workforce
Alternative
Doing
Develop
Educating
Ignores
Masses
Minds
Sets
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The provision of healthcare in America has been a major policy issue for many decades. From the establishment of Medicare & Medicaid to the Affordable Care Act, we have struggled to find a solution for not just providing access to healthcare - but also becoming a healthier population.
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Affordable
Affordable Care Act
Decades
Healthcare
Medicaid
Population
Providing
Healthier
Struggled
Solution
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There is no moral high ground from which President Trump or any of his followers can tell anyone to leave this country, because they are not the first inhabitants of this land. They should instead look into their history to learn where, when and why their ancestors came to this country.
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Followers
High Ground
Ancestors
History Look Country
Inhabitants
President Trump
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Too many American families go bankrupt from healthcare expenses, and low wage workers have to hold two or three jobs just to make ends meet, which leaves many young children without any hope of having a pre-K education - the most important start to a good education and a path out of poverty.
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Expenses
Good Education
Healthcare
Young Children
American Families
Bankrupt
Leaves
Wage
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The 50th Earth Day was always going to be special, but the coronavirus pandemic has made it even more so. The unprecedented steps the world has taken to slow the spread of the virus have dramatically reduced the number of cars on the road, planes in the air, and oil being pulled from the ground.
Deb Haaland /
Earth Day
Planes
Spread
Steps
Unprecedented
Always World Day
Dramatically
Pandemic
Pulled
Reduced
Virus
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November is Native American Heritage month, and a good time to honor the legacy of our ancestors, but every day we should stop to think about our country's beginning and that the United States would not exist if not for a great deal of sacrifice, blood, and tears by Indian Tribes across the country.
Deb Haaland /
Blood
Country
Heritage
Honor
Indian
Legacy
Native
Native American
November
Sacrifice
Should
States
Tears
Tribes
United
United States
Time Good Great
Across
American
Ancestors
Month
Beginning
Exist
Deal
Every Day
Good Time
Great Deal
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SNAP benefits help local economies because the benefits are spent at local grocery stores - with locally grown and locally-made products. I remember many years ago, while on food stamps, I advocated for the benefits to be spent at local farmers markets - a move that has helped local economies even more.
Deb Haaland /
Benefits
Farmers
Food Stamps
Products
Stamps
Stores
Years Ago
Economies
Grocery
Grown
Helped
Local
Markets
Snap
Spent
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While the Pilgrims landed on 'Plymouth Rock' in 1620, the Spanish had already settled in to the Southwest beginning in the late 1500s, and with the coming of Europeans, some tribes suffered massive declines in populations due to disease and violence. Some Tribes were wiped out by 90 percent, while others were completely decimated.
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Plymouth
Tribes
Due
Suffered
Landed
Europeans
Pilgrims
Settled
Southwest
Wiped
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In spite of our agonizing history, Native American people find much to celebrate. The songs, the dances, the culture and traditions surrounding planting and harvests, the prayers that are sent upward for healing and peace, and the welcoming of children into our families, are all reasons for us to keep moving forward with optimism.
Deb Haaland /
History
Agonizing
Celebrate
Healing
Moving
Moving Forward
Native
Native American
Optimism
Spite
American
American People
Find
Dances
Families
Forward
Planting
Prayers
Reasons
Sent
Surrounding
Traditions
Upward
Welcoming
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The majority of America wants action on climate change. The majority of America thinks we should regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. And the majority of America thinks we should prioritize solar and wind infrastructure over fossil fuels. Those are impressive majorities, ones that every office seeker and office holder should heed.
Deb Haaland /
Action
Carbon
Carbon Dioxide
Climate
Climate Change
Heed
Impressive
Infrastructure
Majority
Office
Prioritize
Wind
Fossil
Fossil Fuels
Fuels
Holder
Regulate
Seeker
Solar
Thinks
Wants
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We must ensure full access to all reproductive health services, including abortion. We must also provide for our aging population, ensuring our parents and grandparents have the care they need. We must defend Medicare, expand Social Security, and provide tax credits for families who care for their elders and loved ones with disabilities.
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Abortion
Aging
Elders
Health Services
Loved Ones
Population
Social Security
Credits
Disabilities
Ensure
Expand
Reproductive
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The tenets of my cultural teachings are rooted in our commitment to lift up every community member so that no one is left behind. Work and food were shared equally. Through our commitment to community, we care about children, even when they aren't ours, and we want our old folks, and yours, to live their last days in dignity and comfort.
Deb Haaland /
Work
Care
Comfort
Commitment
Community
Dignity
Folks
Left
Rooted
Behind
Days
Through
Every
Cultural
Old
Equally
Even
Last
Lift
Member
Ours
Shared
Teachings
Yours
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