politicians-from-california

"Designing jewelry is a convergence of all my passions."

"The stones speak to her."

"A jack of all trades, trying to focus on one thing."

"In Retrospect… (Brewer 2011), she writes that because much of her family did not attend college, she would not have considered a graduate degree had she not had the support and encouragement of Jean Driscoll."

"Vivien is an amazing artist. She can just look at a piece of fabric and know how it will look when made into drapes or a slipcover."

"Vivien keeps reinventing herself."

"My philosophy was always to be of service to the community, I did as much good as I could."

"Throughout my academic career, my lab group always included undergraduate students who worked with graduate students to plan, conduct, and interpret research projects and results. I felt it was important that motivated students get involved in the full range of research design, from shaping the research question to operationalization to implementation and analysis."

"I am grateful to be healthy, and to have the time to do it."

"That’s one of the reasons I’ve always been interested in women’s issues. I felt I was cheated out of a job I was capable of doing."

"I love everything I do every day. This is really what I should have been doing all my life."

"She is multi-talented, with a good eye and a real enthusiasm for color and design. This is a natural match for her – it stretches her mind. She’s always learning new things, willing to ask questions and push parameters."

"I had this giant fire opal a year before I knew what to do with it."

"I believe that everything I learned from personality and social psychology can be brought to bear to pursue a more fair, inclusive, and sustainable society."

"Very fortuitous because from Day 1 of my graduate training I realized that studying the interface between the individual and the social world was the niche that suited me perfectly."

"My withdrawal comes in the wake of personal attacks that, left undefended, would have made my leading USAG a liability for the organization."

"As Chair and CEO of Mothers Against Prescription Drug Abuse, I am happy to lend my voice to the important work underway."

"My regret is that I would have brought to the organization, the angst and anger of my own story: a young aspiring gymnast who witnessed first-hand the assaulting behavior of a coach; watched peers who acquiesced in it move ahead while those who didn't were left behind, and myself stayed silent. ... I would have brought a fire in the belly to ensure that no one as taken with gymnastics as I was at that age, should have to choose between abuse and ambition, or between properly speaking out and promoting personal success."

"A successful businesswoman and well-known political leader, Congresswoman Mary Bono was hailed as the embodiment of powerful American womanhood by the Washington Times during her tenure in the United States House of Representatives."

"There is no reason why a woman’s administration shouldn’t be as efficient as a man’s!"

"She was the anchorwoman of the council and much respected in the city. When she said something, she meant it, and knew what she was talking about."

"a very top woman: aggressive, intelligent and honorable."

"Through it all her faith in her Lord did not waver."

"I knew Barbara as a fiery conservative legislator who spoke with a refreshing directness on social issues."

"Barbara's life reminds us that it's not only important to have strong beliefs but to act upon those beliefs."

"She knew hard work and success as well as poverty and political failure."

"She was a tireless advocate for the safety of women and children and her legislative legacy is still felt and appreciated by families today."

"Yesterday’s unprecedented leak is an attempt to severely damage the Supreme Court. This clearly coordinated campaign to intimidate and obstruct the Justices of the United States Supreme Court, and its independence in our political system, from upholding the Constitution must immediately be investigated by the court."

"House Republicans are committed to upholding the sanctity of life, and we will continue to fight to be a voice for the truly voiceless. There is nothing more special, extraordinary, and worth fighting for than the miracle of life"

"I've been told by Kevin McCarthy ... of course I'll get committee assignments back"

"Yesterday, a man sharing that member’s rhetoric tried to assassinate the Speaker and her spouse. What has @GOPLeader said? Nothing. This is who he is"

"That was easy huh?"

"Do you think he’s actually running his caucus or do you think someone else is?” Jen Psaki asked. “He’s not. I think you’ve got Marjorie Taylor Greene running the caucus, and she makes very common public statements to that effect. Every time something irks her, she communicates that McCarthy is doing her bidding. And I think that this is something that is quite clear...I think that speaker McCarthy is stuck between having to please the most racist and heinous elements of his party with having to maintain a majority, and he is choosing to side with the extremists,”"

"When you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority and Nancy Pelosi will be in the minority"

"Let me be very clear to you and I have been very clear to the President. He bears responsibility for his words and actions. No if, ands or buts … I asked him personally today, does he hold responsibility for what happened? Does he feel bad about what happened? He told me he does have some responsibility for what happened. And he needs to acknowledge that."

"I had it with this guy. What he did is unacceptable. Nobody can defend that, and nobody should defend it."

"We cannot just sweep this under the rug. We need to know why it happened, who did it, and people need to be held accountable for it. And I'm committed to make sure that happens."

"The President bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. These facts require immediate action by President Trump, accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest and ensure President elect Biden is able to successfully begin his term. The President’s immediate action also deserves congressional action, which is why I think a fact finding commission and a censure resolution would be prudent. Unfortunately, that is not where we are today. Truly, this past week was one of the most difficult for Congress and our nation. Of all the days here, last Wednesday was the worst day I’ve ever seen in Congress. Our country is deeply hurt. So where do we go from here? After all the violence and chaos of the last week, it is important to remember that we’re still here to deliver a better future for all Americans. It does not matter if you are liberal, moderate, or conservative. All of us must resist the temptation of further polarization. Instead, we must unite once again as Americans. I understand for some this call for unity may ring hollow, but times like these are when we must remember who we are as Americans and what we as a nation stand for. And as history shows, unity is not an option. It’s a necessity. It is as necessary today as it was at the start of our country."

"There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to."

"I've earned this Goddamn job!"

"McCarthy doesn’t have the votes"

"Activists have been encouraged by his ability to listen, learn and change..."

"Sanders has been willing and able to use a national stage for public education and agitation about inherently anti-democratic and destructive aspects of corporate capitalism. *That explains why, in political and media realms, so many knives are again being sharpened against him... Attacks on Sanders...largely spring from his detractors’ zeal to defend corporate power as a driving force that...steers the US government as well as the Democratic Party..."

"Meanwhile, we should expect an escalating corporate media assault — in tandem with methodical attacks from establishment Democrats — against Sanders... such an assault is actually an ideological war against the vision of government aligned with social justice. Not only Bernie Sanders but, in effect, all genuine progressives will be in the crosshairs."

"We need a major shift in the U.S. approach toward Russia...The lives -- and even existence -- of future generations are at stake in the relationship between Washington and Moscow... The incessant drumbeat is in sync with what Martin Luther King Jr. called “the madness of militarism."

"A bellicose stance toward Russia has become so routine and widespread that we might not give it a second thought... Often the biggest lies involve what remains unsaid. For instance, U.S. media rarely mention such key matters as the promise-breaking huge expansion of NATO to Russia’s borders since the fall of the Berlin Wall... or the more than 800 U.S. military bases overseas -- in contrast to Russia’s nine..."

"The likely Bernie Sanders campaign for president offers a boost and a challenge to progressives.. Much more than the presidency is at stake... More than any other presidential candidate, Sanders has ready access to extensive networks of authentic grassroots support."

"When the New York Times front-paged its latest anti-left polemic masquerading as a news article, the March 9 piece declared: “Should former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. enter the race, as his top advisers vow he soon will, he would have the best immediate shot at the moderate mantle.""

"On November 8, 2002...National Public Radio’s All Things Considered aired a story by longtime correspondent Tom Gjelten. “A war against Iraq would begin with a bombing campaign, and the resources for that phase of action are largely in place already,” he reported. The tone was reassuring: “Defense officials are confident the U.N. Timeline will not get in their way. For one thing, they’re going ahead in the meantime with war preparations. Says one senior military officer, ‘When the order does come, we have to be ready to rock ’n’ roll.’” It was a notable phrase for a highranking officer at the Pentagon to use with reference to activities that were sure to kill large numbers of people. The comment did not meet with any critical response; none of the news report’s several hundred words offered a perspective contrary to the numbing language that distanced listeners from the human catastrophes of actual war. Such reporting is safe. Chances are slim that it will rankle government sources, news executives, network owners, advertisers or—in the case of “public broadcasting”—large underwriters. While NPR seems more and more to stand for “National Pentagon Radio,” objections from listeners have apparently mattered little to those in charge. This should be no surprise. NPR’s president and CEO, Kevin Klose, once served as director of the International Broadcasting Bureau, the U.S. government agency responsible for the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, and Radio and Television Marti. p. 24"

"Occasional candor from big-name journalists can be illuminating. Eight months after 9/11, in an interview with BBC television, Dan Rather said that American journalists were intimidated in the wake of the attacks. Making what he called “an obscene comparison,” the CBS news anchor ruminated: “There was a time in South Africa that people would put flaming tires around people’s necks if they dissented. And in some ways the fear is that you will be ‘necklaced’ here, you will have a flaming tire of lack of patriotism put around your neck. Now it is that fear that keeps journalists from asking the toughest of the tough questions.” Rather added that “I do not except myself from this criticism,” and he went on: “What we are talking about here—whether one wants to recognize it or not, or call it by its proper name or not—is a form of self-censorship. I worry that patriotism run amok will trample the very values that the country seeks to defend.” p. 23"