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There's no question we need more housing, and we have to fight for that throughout California.
Eric Garcetti
Fight
More
No Question
Throughout
California
Housing
Question
Need
I'd hate to see new housing building accelerating while taking down buildings where there's 50 people living in rent-stabilized apartments.
Eric Garcetti
Hate
People
Building
Down
Living
See
Taking
New
Accelerate
Housing
Buildings
Where
While
Apartments
I always thought Grover Cleveland was from Cleveland.
Eric Garcetti
Thought
Cleveland
Always
I always say, as a leader, you've got to know when to get out of the way.
Eric Garcetti
You
Leader
Way
Say
Out
Know
Always
Got
Get
Withdrawing federal funds to prevent radiological or biological terrorist attack - that doesn't just hurt Los Angeles: that hurts America.
Eric Garcetti
Hurt
Hurts
Angeles
Prevent
Attack
Federal
Withdrawing
Terrorist
Terrorist Attack
Los
Los Angeles
America
Just
Biological
Funds
It is the responsibility, I think, of anybody in elected office to look for opportunities to help serve their people.
Eric Garcetti
People
Opportunities
Responsibility
Think
Look
Office
Anybody
Elected
Help
Serve
I have to spend my time worrying about poor families at the expense of helping businesses, or vice versa. To me, I really see that's the bridge I need to build.
Eric Garcetti
Time
Me
Build
Vice Versa
Spend
Worrying
See
About
My Time
Versa
Families
Expense
Vice
Poor
Really
Businesses
Helping
Bridge
Need
I think our communication strategy has been very disciplined as being a back-to-basics mayor and about focusing on making City Hall work and jumpstarting our economy.
Eric Garcetti
Work
Communication
Strategy
Think
Our
Focusing
Has-Been
City
City Hall
About
Economy
Hall
Disciplined
Making
Been
Very
Being
Mayor
We need to make sure teachers are in schools and that children have teachers.
Eric Garcetti
Schools
Make
Sure
Children
Teachers
Need
I'll never stop listening to police officers over politicians.
Eric Garcetti
Police
Listening
Politicians
Never
Never Stop
Over
Police Officers
Officers
Stop
My grandfather was an undocumented immigrant. My great-grandmother, my bisabuela, carried him over the border in her arms.
Eric Garcetti
Carried
Immigrant
Border
Over
Arms
Him
Undocumented
Grandfather
Her
I have a piano in my office, and sometimes during meetings, I'll sit down and goof on the keyboard a little bit.
Eric Garcetti
Sometimes
Sit
Down
Keyboard
Meetings
Bit
Piano
Goof
Office
Little
Little Bit
There are two rules in politics. They say never ever be pictured with a drink in your hand, and never swear.
Eric Garcetti
Politics
Say
Rules
Drink
Never
Hand
Swear
Your
They Say
Ever
Two
Campaigns are these moments of suspended animation where people usually learn how to be friends afterward.
Eric Garcetti
People
Animation
Learn
How
Campaigns
Friends
Suspended
Where
Afterwards
Moments
What I think the average person wants is not a fight; they want to see something move forward in their own neighborhood.
Eric Garcetti
Fight
Own
Think
Neighborhood
See
Something
Person
Move
Move Forward
Want
Wants
Average
Average Person
Forward
Los Angeles is the strongest defender of immigrants perhaps of any city in this country.
Eric Garcetti
Country
Immigrants
City
Angeles
Strongest
Perhaps
Los
Los Angeles
Any
Defender
I think poverty is the biggest challenge for Los Angeles and for many of our cities that have come back from the recession.
Eric Garcetti
Challenge
Poverty
Think
Recession
Back
Our
Cities
Angeles
Come
Los
Los Angeles
Biggest
Biggest Challenge
Many
I recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. And I have always recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the independent, fully sovereign Palestinian state that we all want to emerge from negotiations toward a true two-state solution.
Eric Garcetti
State
Negotiations
Independent
Recognize
Recognized
Solution
Emerge
True
Toward
Always
Israel
Sovereign
Want
Capital
Fully
Jerusalem
Palestinian
Palestinian State
My main job and my overwhelming job starts with my family, my street, my neighborhood, and my city.
Eric Garcetti
Family
Job
Overwhelming
Starts
Neighborhood
City
Main
Street
I just want to listen and build relationships with as many of my colleagues as possible.
Erik Paulsen
Build
Relationships
Colleagues
Possible
Listen
Just
Want
Many
Spending more time with my colleagues outside the Capitol helps build bipartisan relationships.
Erik Paulsen
Time
Build
Relationships
Spending
Colleagues
More
Outside
Capitol
Helps
Bipartisan
Any law can be changed, obviously, at any time.
Erik Paulsen
Time
Law
Changed
Obviously
Any
That's been hard being away from the family, because Washington can be lonely. When you tune out of all the activity, that's like, you're alone.
Erik Paulsen
Alone
Family
You
Lonely
Out
Like
Because
Been
Being
Tune
Hard
Washington
Activity
Away
The bottom line is we need a tax code that is more simpler, that is more fairer, that gets rid of the special carve-outs, the special lobbyist loopholes. That's the direction we need to go.
Erik Paulsen
Lobbyist
Direction
More
Simpler
Bottom
Bottom Line
Fairer
Loopholes
Go
Line
Gets
Tax
Tax Code
Rid
Special
Code
Need
I've criticized Republicans for their lack of fiscal discipline when they controlled Congress before 2007. However, that is no excuse to just continue with more of the same or, as the case is now, to make it worse. Under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's budget, we will double the national debt in five years and triple it in 10.
Erik Paulsen
Discipline
Will
National
Before
Congress
Worse
Criticized
No Excuse
Triple
Case
More
Budget
Excuse
Nancy
House
Make
Fiscal
However
Continue
Years
National Debt
Debt
Five
Same
Controlled
Lack
Just
Republicans
Double
Speaker
Now
Since I joined Congress, I've been shocked at how many times we were forced to vote on 1,000-plus-page bills without ample time to read or review what was in the final legislation. It's no wonder Congress doesn't enact good policy.
Erik Paulsen
Time
Good
Vote
Congress
Final
Joined
No Wonder
Since
Forced
Policy
Read
Without
Enact
How
How Many Times
Were
Been
Review
Wonder
Shocked
Times
Legislation
Many
Bills
Ample
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