Gina Raimondo Quotes

What we have to do is support business, but also support our workers with job training programs and with reasonable wages.

- Gina Raimondo

Business, Reasonable, Wages

In business, we use certain principles to measure performance, and I envision applying those principles in the public sector.

- Gina Raimondo

Use, Public Sector, Applying, Envision

I respect public employees and school teachers. They deserve a secure retirement.

- Gina Raimondo

School, Deserve, Public, Secure Retirement

You can't be a progressive and be opposed to pension reform.

- Gina Raimondo

Pension, Reform, Opposed, Progressive

Fixing the pension system was one of the biggest problems Rhode Island faced.

- Gina Raimondo

System, Fixing, Biggest, Pension

I want to be able to look my daughter's teacher in the eye and say, 'Your pension will be there.' I need to know that her pension will match up with a promise we can keep.

- Gina Raimondo

Want, Will, Need, Pension

I guess whenever I'm in the paper, it's dealing with bridges falling apart, budget problems, pension crises - and saying we have to tackle these problems.

- Gina Raimondo

Falling, Dealing, Crises, Pension

Budgets that don't balance, public programs that aren't funded, pension funds that are running out of money, schools that aren't funded - How does that help anyone?

- Gina Raimondo

Running, How, Out, Pension

During my four years as treasurer, we restructured our pension system, cutting the state's unfunded liability almost by half and putting our retirement system on stronger footing.

- Gina Raimondo

Half, Putting, Almost, Pension

People talk about Social Security. There is no parallel between Rhode Island's pension and Social Security.

- Gina Raimondo

Security, Social, Parallel, Pension

The single greatest under-utilized resource we have as a nation is women and girls.

- Gina Raimondo

Single, Nation, Resource, Women And Girls

Those diplomas on my wall would not be there without the GI Bill that educated my father, without the public library, without the RIPTA bus.

- Gina Raimondo

Father, Bus, Bill, Diploma

I'll bring colleges and industry together to develop new products in marine science, green technology, and medical devices, and to train our workers to fill those jobs... We need to get Rhode Islanders back to work.

- Gina Raimondo

Medical, Back, Bring, New Products

Programs like ACE's Bootstrap Summer Camp teach our kids important computer coding skills that will allow them to design their own futures.

- Gina Raimondo

Ace, Like, Allow, Coding

In many cases, Rhode Island is just not on the radar of a lot of companies. But once companies or people take the time to look at our high quality of life, low cost of living, great talent, good business environment, often people see it's an excellent place, and they want to take a harder look.

- Gina Raimondo

Good, Rhode, Our, High Quality

Every single day I've been governor, I hear from a little girl who thinks it's the greatest thing ever that we have a woman governor.

- Gina Raimondo

Woman, Been, Greatest Thing, Single Day

I think the Founding Fathers probably knew what they were doing in setting up the government to have a healthy tension between the executive branch and the legislative branch.

- Gina Raimondo

Think, Founding Fathers, Legislative

I am a proponent of investing in infrastructure... and, if we can use state resources to make ProvPort more prosperous and successful, then that will benefit the whole state.

- Gina Raimondo

Will, More, Use, Proponent

My own rhetoric is not so 'us versus them.' I don't like fighting.

- Gina Raimondo

Own, My Own, Like, Versus

Before I was State Treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs, including here at Nabsys, a biomedical company. As governor, I'll use this as a model for how we create manufacturing jobs.

- Gina Raimondo

Here, Before, Use, Manufacturing

The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline.

- Gina Raimondo

Goal, Dream, Difference, Deadline

I care about buses and libraries and schools and roads and education.

- Gina Raimondo

Education, I Care, Schools, Buses

I fall into the camp that income inequality is the biggest problem we face.

- Gina Raimondo

Face, Inequality, Income, Camp

Businesses want to be in places where there is a deep talent pool.

- Gina Raimondo

Deep, Places, Want, Businesses

We know businesses can't compete without reliable infrastructure.

- Gina Raimondo

Know, Reliable, Compete, Businesses

I've done a lot of deals, and I'm skilled at negotiating, managing personalities, and getting parties to the table.

- Gina Raimondo

Deals, Getting, Lot, Negotiating

The public library is where I studied. It's where my grandfather taught himself English.

- Gina Raimondo

Library, Himself, Public, Public Library

We have to slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully align all of our interests.

- Gina Raimondo

Carefully, Thoughtfully, Align

Democrats and all public servants just need to be honest. If we have schools that aren't working ... we need to face the facts and fix them.

- Gina Raimondo

Need, Democrats, Them, Servants

My vision for a better Rhode Island starts with a simple idea - we are all in this together.

- Gina Raimondo

Simple, Island, Idea, Rhode Island

You can raise taxes on the rich in America! We should raise taxes on the rich in America. But we can't do that in Rhode Island.

- Gina Raimondo

Island, Should, Raise, Rhode Island

We have to get past this persistent negativity. The negativity has held Rhode Island back for a long time.

- Gina Raimondo

Past, Island, Held, Rhode Island

The combination of funding for our ports, airports, and highways is a really significant investment in our infrastructure.

- Gina Raimondo

Infrastructure, Funding, Highways

Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are.

- Gina Raimondo

Big, Than, Smaller, Big Problems

I want to show two things. One, that Democrats can solve big problems and get things done. And two, that as a public official, you can make tough choices, do the right things for the right reasons, and upset some people. And still get elected.

- Gina Raimondo

Big, Some, Upset, Big Problems

There's lots of people driving on the roads who don't have licenses. They're still going to work, still going to school. I want them to get a license and insurance so they're driving safely.

- Gina Raimondo

Insurance, Going, Still, License

We can just keep doing it the way we're doing it. We can attack everybody for small-minded things and crush everybody with a new idea. And where are we going to be? Where we are now - behind. Or we can embrace new things and try to be positive and let everybody play a role.

- Gina Raimondo

Play, New, Behind, New Idea

I'm committed to structural changes.

- Gina Raimondo

Changes, Committed, Structural

I don't really care if you're a Republican or Democrat or you want to fight about the size of government. How about a government that just works? Put your tax dollar in and get a return out the other end.

- Gina Raimondo

Republican, Other, Works, Dollar

I've been told I'm a workaholic.

- Gina Raimondo

Been, Workaholic

It's all about the choices we make as a society. We can choose to have poor schools and parks and higher tuition at Rhode Island's colleges. But we should make an active choice.

- Gina Raimondo

Island, Colleges, About, Higher

Almost every day, people will say to me some version of, 'You're so much nicer in real life.' I guess I come across as not nice.

- Gina Raimondo

Will, Some, Almost, Real Life

People deserve to see a governor who is hustling every day.

- Gina Raimondo

Every Day, Deserve, See, Hustling

I am a mother with kids in the public schools. People should know that. I'm not just some policy maker who's totally detached from the rest of the community.

- Gina Raimondo

Rest, Some, Maker, Detached

We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions.

- Gina Raimondo

Solutions, Need, Commit, Long-Term

If we could find a way to totally empower half of the brains in America, imagine how much more productive we could be.

- Gina Raimondo

Could, Imagine, Half, Productive

I'm going to ask one question for everything that comes across my desk, which is, 'How is this going to create jobs?'

- Gina Raimondo

Question, Going, Which, Desk

Maybe you think, 'I'm not college material.' Maybe you worry that you don't have the money. Then you take the SAT. You see that colleges are getting in touch with you. You begin to think maybe you are ready for college.

- Gina Raimondo

College, Worry, Think, Begin

If you want to have a big impact, government is the way to do it. Just think of the number of people you can touch.

- Gina Raimondo

Think, Want, Big, Big Impact

We've just got to keep going. More. More work, more action, more results.

- Gina Raimondo

Work, More, Going, Action

If I'm a CEO, I want to be in a place where the government works.

- Gina Raimondo

Government, Want, Works, CEO

I want to hold government accountable and help create a more efficient and effective government.

- Gina Raimondo

Help, Effective, Accountable, Efficient

Let's make the SAT and PSAT free so everyone has a chance to succeed.

- Gina Raimondo

Chance, Succeed, Everyone, Sat

The governor's not allowed to drive. That's part of the life you accept.

- Gina Raimondo

Drive, Part, Allowed, Governor

The public bus is how I got to school every day.

- Gina Raimondo

School, How, Public, Bus

People deserve to see progress.

- Gina Raimondo

People, Deserve, See, Progress

I still believe in the power of government to make lives better, and I believe that if someone is willing to take a stand, other people will follow.

- Gina Raimondo

Other, Still, Lives, I Believe That

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