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I'm not married to a 45-cent gas tax.
I make more meals than most men do in a week.
I believe you have a birthright to a good education.
One way or another, we're going to fix the roads in Michigan.
Michigan is a state that wants access for women to healthcare.
I ran on fixing the roads... I ran on cleaning up drinking water.
Nobody should get fired because of who they are, or who they love.
If you don't ask for money, people don't think you are a serious candidate.
I know that when we deprive communities of their voice, it can be dangerous.
Michigan was the place that people used to move to from all around the world.
I grew up going to football games with my dad and we were just sports fanatics.
Governor Granholm had all the right values but didn't have the right background.
The worst thing we can do is graduate kids who aren't prepared for the real world.
There have been too few women in leadership because they haven't had the opportunities.
I know that the DeVos agenda has absolutely devastated our public school system in Michigan.
Our students are not broken. Our teachers are not broken. It's our system that has been broken.
We need to ensure that everyone's got a path to getting a license, so they've got identification.
My number one priority is keeping our kids safe and protecting the health of the people of Michigan.
People in Michigan don't care about the president's Twitter feed. We care about feeding our families.
I think the most important thing to know is I'm running for governor because I love the state of Michigan.
People want leaders they can look up to, who can solve problems and actually deliver results for our people.
You can be both progressive and want to get things done - they're not mutually exclusive and that's what I bring.
I wrote the Michigan 2020, which was a free college plan, before Bernie Sanders ever offered it on the national level.
There is a racial element: It's undeniable. We've had inequitable funding of schools for decades in the state of Michigan.
Lots of women candidates get compared to one another because there's so few women in office and positions in corporate America.
I do believe ultimately the role is of our state government to ensure every child in this state has a great public school education.
The people of Michigan deserve leadership in Lansing that will work to continue providing them with services they depend on every day.
There was nothing that amazed me more than parents that could channel the loss of their child into a crusade to protect other people's kids.
At a time when too many people want to separate us by building walls, we here in Michigan are going to get back to building bridges together.
In an era when so many women are stepping up to lead, I'm hoping people will focus on our ideas and accomplishments instead of our appearance.
Detroit's really important to the success of our state. You know, you can't have a successful Michigan if the biggest city isn't a success as well.
I was considered the most progressive person the whole time I was in the legislature. I negotiated health care, I negotiated a minimum wage increase.
Community colleges are in every district in this state, they serve Republican and Democratic families and non-partisan and non-political families as well.
Michigan will be Democratic in some years and Republican in some years. I don't think we'll ever make the mistake like we did in 2016 and not turn out again.
One of the weirdest questions I've gotten on the campaign trail is, 'Are you going to run as a woman?' I'm like, 'Do I have an option?' Like, what does this mean?
People don't cut through Michigan the way they cut through Ohio and Pennsylvania and Illinois. So tolls are more complicated for us because we're a destination state.
Obviously, Detroiters pay the worst when it comes to car insurance, but car insurance is expensive for Michiganders across the state. I hear about it in all communities.
Let's fix our roads, and be the state that's not paralyzed by partisanship, but works together. And create the blueprint for rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure.
I'm proud to be a Michigander, but I look around at the Michigan that my kids are growing up in and it doesn't look like the Michigan that I think of when I talk about my pride.
It's hard to do, but a disciplined candidate who really has thoughtful solutions and a plan to execute on them, I think, is ultimately the kind of person that's going to resonate.
Together we can build the Michigan we believe in, because we still have what we need most - the strength, the talent, the vision and the grit of the incredible people of this state.
We have to make it easier to afford to go into education in the first place, so you don't leave with crippling debt that you never have a chance to pay back because you're not making enough money.
The voices of the residents of Flint did not get heard by people that were making decisions and I think that's the most important thing. I want to make sure those voices are answered in the future.
Flint's got so many hardworking, good people who just want a fair shake and it starts with making sure their government is responsive and protecting them and making sure everyone's got access to clean water.
The goal is to make sure everyone has got their lead pipes replaced, and I know that's moving forward in the city of Flint. My job is to make sure that we have accountability and ensure we are getting the job done.
So many of these decisions are made in a vacuum with a bunch of men sitting around a table deciding what a woman's rights should be, what our access to health care, trying to control women by controlling our bodies.
We've got to create strategies of our own that ensure that our kids are going to get an education they need, that people are getting connected to skills and that we do more to draw investment into the city of Flint.
You can get a lot done when you don't care about credit. My name was not on Medicaid expansion, but it never would have happened without the work that I did. The best leaders are the ones that want results, not credit.
And for government and a bunch of men in government, frankly, to get between a woman and her provider is downright dangerous, especially when most of them can't even spell endometriosis, much less tell you what it means.
The budget is absolutely interlinked - our ability to fund our education system, to clean up drinking water, is linked with our ability to rebuild roads in this state. I'm not signing anything unless it's all done together.