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Michael Bennet
Michael Bennet
American Politician
Born: Nov 28, 1964
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Related authors: Alexander Hamilton Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Benjamin Franklin Bernie Sanders John F. Kerry Nancy Pelosi Robert Kennedy Shirley Chisholm
We've got a lot of work to do: not only on education, but on the economy, on our tax code, and on reducing our crushing debt. Michael Bennet
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To protect our country's economic future and the health and well being of all Americans, we must find a way to rein in out-of-control costs, provide quality, affordable health care choices to all, and make outrageous insurance industry abuses a thing of the past. Michael Bennet
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We have to end political gerrymandering in this country. We have to end it. Michael Bennet
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Local school districts should be free to adapt their academic programs in ways appropriate for their community, but we cannot allow mindless budget shortfalls to force wrongheaded changes to our children's education. Michael Bennet
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I've focused on making sure we have talented teachers and principals in our schools through proposals like the GREAT Teachers and Principals Act and the Presidential Teachers Corps. Michael Bennet
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Health care is much the same - the status quo is, by all measures, failing far too many people - and we must not shrink from the challenge. Michael Bennet
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Demagoguery is not unknown in American history. Michael Bennet
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Fixing our schools must begin with reforming the way we attract talent to teaching. Michael Bennet
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Eviction often leads to a disruption in critical services like Medicaid and nutrition assistance when families need them most. Michael Bennet
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I think one of the things that we are facing right now is that we've stopped listening to each other in our politics. Michael Bennet
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I say we have not even had the decency to maintain the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us - our roads, our bridges, our wastewater systems, our sewer systems; by the way, those weren't Bolsheviks, those weren't socialists that built those things for us - much less build the infrastructure we need for the 21st century. Michael Bennet
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I think if we can get people focused to do what we need to do to keep our kids from being stuck with this debt that they didn't accrue, you might be surprised at how far we can move this conversation. Michael Bennet
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I think the inhabitants of the past are fighting hard to keep the rents they acquired in the 20th century. Michael Bennet
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Study after study affirms what I saw in the classroom every day as superintendent of Denver Public Schools: Nothing makes a bigger difference for student learning than great teaching. Michael Bennet
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A student who has excelled in the classroom should have the opportunity to attend college and become a productive, taxpaying member of society. Michael Bennet
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Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues. Michael Bennet
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Facebook is by far the largest of these social networking sites, and starting with its ill-fated Beacon service, privacy concerns have more than once been raised about how the ubiquitous social networking site handles its user data. Michael Bennet
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If teaching isn't rewarding and challenging, we're going to continue to lose our best teachers to work in other fields. Michael Bennet
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To me, the burden of proof isn't on people looking for ways to improve our schools; it's on people who want to keep things the same. Our current system isn't working, and too many kids are being left behind. Michael Bennet
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If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest checks - then we have to fight back now and make sure our system reflects the belief that people, not corporations, control our democracy. Michael Bennet
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Electoral victory is not an end in itself. It is intended to set in motion a pluralist process to resolve our disputes and move the country forward. Michael Bennet
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In my experience, durable progress must be fashioned out of more than obscured truth, slogans, and empty promises. You do it through hard work. By going everywhere. Listening to everyone. Being honest with people. Being ambitious without indulging in magical thinking. Michael Bennet
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Competitive programs such as Race to the Top provide incentives for communities to develop new solutions for old problems. Because of Race to the Top, states have raised their standards and committed to fixing schools that have persistently failed students. Michael Bennet
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We don't have to settle for disgraceful politics. We don't have to settle for being as terrible as Donald Trump. Michael Bennet
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Anyone who thinks they're a progressive should be interested in making progress. Michael Bennet
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Before I was in the Senate, I was a superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, and before that, I was in business. Michael Bennet
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