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
A poor person in my community doesn't see a person driving a Tesla and say, 'That benefits me.'
I understand the politics of Washington, D.C. You need to hold firm, you need to work with your colleagues, and you need to throw elbows.
Ensuring guns are out of the reach of children and holding those accountable who are irresponsible is the first step in reducing firearm accidents.
If I was so establishment, I don't think Our Revolution... would actually endorse me.
My district really wanted me... to take a hard stance against a Donald Trump agenda.
In Koreatown, the issues that they deal with are very different than the people in unincorporated East Los Angeles, even though there are some similarities.
Someone like Bernie Sanders can be in office for 30 years, but he's not the establishment.
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.
I will not support a federal budget that cuts funds for sanctuary cities, states, or universities.
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.
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.
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.
The money doesn't buy me, and it never will.
We have seen the corrupting effects of a deliberate propaganda campaign driven by fake news.
For the son of immigrants to run for elected office, not even a generation after my parents got here, that's what makes America a great place.
Our most polluted neighborhoods are disproportionately home to Latinos, African Americans, and other communities of color.
I believe everyone deserves access to clean air and water, and that climate change has exacerbated this challenge.
Parliamentarian rules, the rules of the House, how you get bills referred, really the nuts and bolts that most members don't ever want to know because it's a lot of work. But that's what really makes you successful.
By giving students the proper tools to analyze the media they consume, we can empower them to make informed decisions.
I want to work on environmental issues.
Time will change who is in power.
I'm still that kid that worked at Subway and Target.
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.
I feel like the fools who dream and who take risks are the ones who change the world.
I like musicals.
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.
People should hold elected officials accountable for how they vote. Period.
I've been pushing for the longest time that you get the votes easier and with more enthusiasm when people feel like you're addressing their concerns.
If I was such a corporate Democrat, why would the California Nurses Association, one of the leading advocates for a single-payer system, endorse me?
I've seen suffering first-hand, and we have to make sure we relieve people's suffering.
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.
If Dems don't stick together, we're going to lose.
When fake news is repeated, it becomes difficult for the public to discern what's real.
To me, 'the establishment' means people who are out of touch with the people they're elected to represent.
A lot of people think I'm crazy, you know, leaving a Democratic supermajority state to go to the superminority in Congress.
I'm still the community college kid with immigrant parents.
We must continue to honor America's commitment to keeping families together and not turn our backs on refugees and asylum seekers.
I'm trying to work on my Spanish.
We need to combat Trump's agenda to make sure he can't divide our families.
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.
