21st Century American Women Politicians

"The laws I changed empowering parents and protecting students’s rights continue to help families today."

"The charters schools and charter lobby leaders that opposed me in 2010, tout the laws I passed when promoting charter schools."

"I honestly don’t care, that’s their problem."

"I only care about the students and families."

"I have suffered the most from high stakes testing in U.S. public schools."

"There is a very strong sense of pride for that."

"He is born in Africa, and he’s running to be mayor of the global capital."

"We hold charter and district schools accountable for the educational outcomes of students."

"If they’ve supported African community programs or aided small business owners."

"I would talk to people who I found interesting, people who didn’t know how to break into the industry."

"Africans are starting to organize, part of a coalition of African leaders that plans to vet general election candidates for potential endorsements."

"But that does not mean that he’s automatically going to get the African vote."

"It’s easy to speak like that about other people when you’re hiding behind the screen."

"I do know that I’m pleased every time I see some area opening up."

"There are charter schools that respect parents and work collaboratively with them to ensure student success."

"It only becomes a sustainable and durable economic change for those farmers if we can substitute WFP with either a commercial market buyer or a government buyer."

"The foundation of everything was their love for one another."

"That’s what we’re seeing and that’s why we get really excited about ‘Purchase for Progress’, because it’s made a difference across the entire value chain in a durable way."

"The teachers’ union goes on to say, “Since their inception a century ago, standardized tests have been instruments of racism and a biased system,” and that “students of color, particularly those from low-income families."

"It’s just terrible and degrading that some people have to stoop that low."

"I grew up on Chicago’s West Side. But these were Hispanic women and their lives and their joys."

"This legislation only seeks a consistent application of parental corporal discipline across all of Kansas’s 105 counties."

"But it doesn’t deter me."

"I think the behavior is disgusting and sad and sickening."

"I was one of those kids who wanted to be a doctor, a nurse, a teacher, a lawyer, and sometimes even a fireman."

"It was a book about sisters I come from a family of sisters who grew up in Pilsen, on Chicago’s West Side."

"The common thread was, I wanted to help change the world."

"If you had to classify me as a personality type, I’m more of a producer."

"The Inflation Reduction Act is a great example of a shift in policy."

"He made my dad’s spaghetti. The kitchen was a disaster. The food was wonderful."

"The most memorable meal I ever had was cooked by my son when he was about 12 years old."

"I play clarinet. Not concert level, but I’m entertaining."

"The world needs more understanding. Unless we’re willing to understand and accept the differences across the globe, across the community, across our families."

"Financing is critical across the entire food system, from inside the farm gate all the way to wage production."

"We’re not going to achieve the answers that we need to ensure that we as a society, as a people, as humans will go forward and prosper."

"I spent her 100th birthday with her, and the whole town of Tecate, Mexico, came out and gave her a party."

"She started Rancho La Puerta Wellness Resort and Spa when she was 17, and she started the Golden Door Spa outside of San Diego. And she’s still going strong."

"When it comes to the kind of large-scale projects I mentioned earlier the ones that could attract significant institutional capital those require strong government engagement and policy support."

"Investors looking for unicorns often don’t see the value in placing bets on food and agriculture."

"To quantify the problem, climate financing is less than 5 percent globally and outside the United States, likely less than 1 percent of that funding flows to food systems."

"I’ve gone up against rich, powerful interests fighting for the rights of students and parents in charter schools and I have been successful."

"The teacher’s union has their issues with charter schools since most are not unionized. But, my stance is, “permanent interests, not permanent enemies."

"It’s the kind of government action that can help unlock private capital by creating new pathways for investment that weren’t there before, like by driving more capital into farms not just for what they grow, but for how they grow."

"I would not have been successful in changing the charter school laws without the support of district school parents and the teacher’s union."

"I think you need sunshine to expose people like that."

"I do not believe this would’ve ever happened in a more affluent area."

"Check out this racist article referring to me speaking about the Westar poles issue in our community by Chimpmania.com"

"Since I joined the County Board in 1973, Arlington has become a community of rich diversity, expanding opportunities and ever more complex governmental challenges. I know we can meet whatever lies ahead due to the pride that Arlingtonians show for their community and their willingness to help make it better. I am privileged to have been a part of this process."

"In a time when few women held public leadership roles, she distinguished herself as a passionate leader and pioneer, effective consensus-builder and powerful agent of change."

"Ellen Bozman set the bar high for civic service and leadership."