Top 60 Elizabeth Esty Quotes

The TECH Careers Act will open the door for more Americans to have successful middle-class careers and help small businesses in Connecticut and across the country access a qualified pool of talented workers.

Today, I heard directly from Connecticut workers about the importance of strong, predictable federal research funding and how the federal government can be a better partner in spurring innovation and helping life-saving medication reach families who need it most.

In my lifetime, I have seen how greater liberty, greater justice, and greater respect ultimately does prevail, but it prevails only when people are willing to fight for it and willing to lose for it.

I just thought Harvard sounded great. So let’s see if I get in. I didn’t really have a big back-up plan.

We should not be waiting until trains derail, bridges collapse and people die to adequately fund our transportation infrastructure.

I think we need to raise our voices, and we need to demonstrate to the people we represent, as well as the American people, that their leaders have a responsibility to take action.

We have a wonderful district with lots of fun little stores and companies and farms.

Clearly, we are courting tragedy by turning a blind eye to marketing gimmicks plainly intended to turn children into gun enthusiasts before they are even old enough to buy a firearm of their own.

This historically has been an issue that both parties have run away from. For the first time, Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party in its platform are making this issue, about needing to do better as a country to take common sense steps to help prevent gun violence.

We may not have the cheapest labor costs, but where we can compete is innovation. Historically, that’s been Connecticut’s strength, and it can be again.

There are things that matter more than your election. That may take difficult votes, may take career-ending votes for people, but if we aren’t willing to do that, then we’re not going to move forward.

We need to consistently play our role as a moral leader in the world.

We shield our children from hazardous products – liquid nicotine should be no exception.

It should scare every voter in the 5th District that a powerful D.C. lobbyist is trying to install a personal congressman in our part of Connecticut.

We have an epidemic of gun violence in America, and in trying to understand how that has happened, part of what we need to do is help equip our children to respond not with fear but with kindness. This has to be the way we go forward.

Those who know me would say I’m a passionate and hard-working mom and a community leader who knows how to get things done.

The Healthy Homes Tax Credit Act will help ensure that all families, regardless of their income, can protect their children from the lifelong health impacts of lead poisoning.

We need to develop clean, affordable, and reliable energy sources, and frankly, we need to license that technology to the rest of the world.

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has shown us what can happen when we ignore the warning signs of lead poisoning and corroding pipes.

There’s been an enormous awakening, and I think recognition that the mass shootings we saw in Sandy Hook and other places are very related to the shootings we see every day in our cities.

It would be really easy to get discouraged over gun safety, and I have to explain all the time why I am not giving up and why people should not give up.

Veterans Day is an acknowledgment that those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for our country – and their families – deserve our admiration and respect today and every day.

We need to stop refighting 40-year old battles on women’s rights.

We need a comprehensive strategy that includes expanding criminal background checks for all commercial gun sales, dedicated federal law to combat gun trafficking, and a strong commitment to mental health services.

There is no possible justification or excuse for marketing dangerous weapons to children as if they were toys.

We can and must do our part to increase the number of Syrian refugees being resettled in the U.S.

Every week, we read about horrific tragedies resulting from children who play with firearms and accidentally shoot themselves or their family members.

We want to take the energy surrounding the Sandy Hook anniversary that might otherwise be consumed by grief or anger – or this week in San Bernardino by fear – and channel some of that to honor our common humanity and love each other.

We need to close the tax loopholes that have awarded companies moving out of the country and overseas; we need a government that will keep our country safe from terrorists at home and abroad… and a government that is responsive to the needs of the people.

We need to stop trying to restrict access to lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, and well-woman exams.

We have the opportunity and the responsibility to lead our country to a better and brighter future, and I cannot wait to roll up my sleeves and get back to work.

Elections are about choices, and part of what you do is draw that contrast.

For me to do my job effectively, we need to continue to earn public confidence. That involves transparency and accountability.

E-cigarette companies are using shameful tactics, such as Joe Camel-like cartoons in advertisements and creating e-cigarette flavors like bubblegum and cotton candy, to addict our children early – and guarantee another generation of smokers.

Unfortunately, this will have a ripple effect in the economy. People carrying heavy student-loan debt won’t buy houses, start families, or start businesses. This will hurt the future economy.

Gun violence is a plague in all of our communities, and we must come together to stop it.

I’m out and around all the time.

I do think the U.S. has a moral and political leadership role to play.

We are a great enough country to respect the Second Amendment rights of lawful gun owners and protect our children. And those things don’t need to be in conflict.

The lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook are unparalleled natural treasures with some of the highest water quality in Connecticut.

I was a co-sponsor of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

Brownfields cleanups have been treated like capital investments in the tax laws, and they really are repairs and should be taxed as such.

From fully funding nutrition programs to protecting children from liquid nicotine poisoning, I have focused many of my efforts in Congress on advocating for polices that invest in our most valuable resource – our children.

We should not silence our nation’s researchers.

Workers’ rights are under attack across the country.

My job is to get things done.

We just have to do better as a country on incorporating the best technology to allow us to get where we want to get quickly and safely.

In Connecticut, we have a vibrant history of advocating to ensure our workers are treated fairly and given the rights and protections they deserve. Still, we need to do more to protect all American workers.

We’ve been having a lot of hearings lately about the reliability of the grid and the need for more distributive generation. We can be a leader of that here in Connecticut.

Our country has been the leading provider of humanitarian aid for refugees.

Manufacturing is the backbone of Connecticut’s economy, and suppliers such as Click Bond depend on partnerships with U.S.-based manufacturers that export many of their products with Ex-Im’s backing.

I am proud to be named a Defender of Children by First Focus, and I will continue to call on Congress to enact comprehensive policies that improve the well-being of our children.

You are who you are, and in politics, if you stay who you are, you do better.

We need to not reduce but increase our commitment to research.

If you don’t like public service, don’t run for office.

We’ve become so accustomed to teaching to the tests that we’ve forgotten about a child’s joy of discovery.

Connecticut has a proud tradition of manufacturing going back to the days of Eli Whitney.

Although we can never fully repay our veterans, on Veterans Day we thank our veterans for their selflessness and commit to do what we can to improve the quality of life for our veterans and military families in communities across America.

There’s more GPS in the phone in your pocket than on most of our 21st century airliners – that’s frightening.

There’s no reason to continue including language in the federal spending bill to prohibit the CDC and NIH from studying the causes or effects of gun violence on public health.