Top 45 Suzan DelBene Quotes

We need to fight for the equal rights of citizens.

We saw firsthand how a collapsed bridge in Skagit County impacted our local economy, which is why we must fix our infrastructure now before it’s more expensive to maintain in the future.

We need to learn what’s working and what’s not working.

Growing our economy means supporting our small businesses, and one straightforward way to do this is to help business owners with the cost of health insurance for their workers.

Requiring companies to weaken devices with ‘back doors’ means we open up innocent Americans to the bad actors who would love easier access to our citizens’ personal information.

Congress should… at least keep pace with technological advances.

As our nation continues to slowly recover from the recession, it is clear some families are doing better than others.

The Windows 95 launch was such an incredible experience.

As I have said all along, for any trade promotion authority bill to gain my support, it must require strong, enforceable environmental and labor protections.

I don’t believe corporations are people.

We need to pass measures that protect consumers’ private information while also encouraging new technological innovations.

Government has not been good about being good stewards of policy.

I think we have to be more forward-looking when considering any legislation dealing with technology.

I will go on doing what voters tell me to do, which is working with others, working out solutions, and getting results.

Policy doesn’t move as quickly as innovation happens.

In the more than four decades since Roe v. Wade, it has become clear that some will stop at nothing to obstruct women’s reproductive rights.

We don’t have a lot of technology people in Congress, so one of the basic things is to help people be educated on how technology works: what’s there, where is it headed, what some of the challenges and opportunities are.

We have Windows 8 machines for our office. All of our staff have Windows phones. Some have desktops. We have a couple of folks who are using a Surface. I use a Surface.

I am running because I believe strongly that we need to get folks back to work and address the needs that the folks in the 1st Congressional District have in terms of employment and economic opportunity.

We have a lot of folks who talk about immigration reform but haven’t put their name on a bill.

Strong, enforceable environmental protections will not only help protect our planet for future generations, it will also level the playing field for small-and-medium-sized U.S. businesses by raising environmental standards.

The i730 provides an integrated mobile solution for customers who are on-the-go and want access to their calendar, contacts, and e-mail as well as a variety of applications and services that enable them to be more productive.

We must update our country’s workplace policies to remain competitive against other developed countries.

It’s clear that the small business tax credit created under the Affordable Care – while well-intentioned policy – can be improved to better serve the needs of small businesses.

Advances in technology and the Internet have dramatically changed the way we communicate, live, and work.

Some of the best preparation I had for coming to Congress is being a football referee. Because you’ve got to make a decision, and no matter what you do, someone’s unhappy with you.

U.S. companies need clear guidelines on when they have to turn over electronic communications to law enforcement if that information is stored abroad. The current uncertainty harms U.S. businesses and their customers and does not well-serve our foreign relationships.

When we look at policy, it’s important we make sure that it’s up to date and reflective of the way the world works today – and where the world is heading in the future.

A farm bill in Washington State is a jobs bill.

I was working in email in the early days in the late ’80s, and people weren’t using electronic communications at all in the way we take for granted today.

Climate change is a very real threat right now to our economy, the future of our children, to our way of life.

The Cingular-branded 2125 Smartphone is an example of how Windows Mobile 5.0 can create a flexible, powerful phone that helps mobile information workers access their most essential business data in a compact form factor.

If funding for DHS is delayed, it will have a grave effect on Washington’s economy as commerce grinds to a halt along the Canadian border.

Women deserve better. They deserve the freedom to make their own health care choices.

People assume that we have certain rights based on property that may be different now in a digital world.

The conversation has become so divisive now on all types of immigration reform that it is really hard to move anything.

Stay engaged; be part of the process.

We must not risk defunding environmental conservation programs, which is why Congress should reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund to preserve our natural resources.

More and more companies are updating their leave policies to reflect an understanding that being family-friendly is a smart investment in their workforce and America’s future.

There’s nothing like making a decision when you’re a football referee. It really pushes you to be very clear – to make that decision and to sell it to everybody who’s there. You believe in it, but you have to make sure other people believe in it, too.

Congress has an obligation to clear the legal fog by passing my bill to require the federal government to obtain a warrant if it wants to conduct aerial surveillance.

When you have multiple patients on life support, you don’t pull the plug on one just to save another.

Innovation is what we’re going to need for the future, and that’s always been a part of the technology industry.

SXSW has been a melting pot of ideas and policy on immigration, cybersecurity, privacy, Internet of Things, international trade, and innovation.

The more we educate folks, the more it will help them make informed policy decisions.