Top 78 Quotes & Sayings by Michelle Lujan Grisham - Page 2

You can't just abandon accountability measures in schools... Educators want that because otherwise they can't identify achievement-gap issues for students.

I think we ought to provide much more dignity and respect to individuals who need some care and assistance, whether they are chronically ill or disabled or seniors, it's the right thing for this country to do.

I was a practical joker as a teenager and I still am today - you can ask any of my staff.

I was fairly young when we moved to Santa Fe, but it wasn't long after that I started to figure out who I was, and that entire process took place in this city.

You come into Congress, and in the orientation, pretty quickly, you're separated out by party. Which makes no sense, if you want to get a body that works as a body, that learns to be able to work as a body.

Crucially, the Energy Transition Act does not leave affected workers and neighbors behind. We look out for each other. With this law, we seal that promise.

If there was ever a state that can transition to renewables and then get it on the market, it's us.

The status quo will not stand, because we believe in a very different New Mexico. Together we will find the courage to create the promise of tomorrow for our children and their children.

I have optimism for the future. You have to.

We all have a constitutional right to be safe in our homes and our communities.

I think Republicans, to their credit, are not interested, as a majority vote bloc, in funding a wall.

Not only am I knowledgeable and have a good friend base who can pitch in when I need them, and daughters, but I can afford to pay the people.

We have to fix the education system.

It's clear to me that the NRA isn't going to stop trying to meddle in making this a safer state.

School grades can help determine how well a principal or school leader is doing, and yeah, you need to have some way to evaluate schools.

I think growing up in Santa Fe or Northern New Mexico in general instills a sense of humor in people, a sort of easygoing sense of not taking yourself too seriously, while still being very proud of where you come from, and that's something we all share.

2010 was sort of this shock and shift in congress, with the real emergence of the Tea Party.

The Energy Transition Act fundamentally changes the dynamic in New Mexico. This legislation is a promise to future generations of New Mexicans, who will benefit from both a cleaner environment and a more robust energy economy with exciting career and job opportunities.