39 Quotes by Jackie Speier

This is probably the most profound civil rights movement of our generation, without a doubt.

It is past time that consumers recognize the emerging power of 'Made In America' products and services. The nation's shopping list needs this header: Check out what is made here before you 'go' overseas.

It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.

The truth of the matter is they are getting paid to do (state) jobs that the public perceives they're committed to 24/7. They accepted the positions knowing what the parameters are.

In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.

In terms of transparency in total compensation, we need to look at what's a reasonable number, and to what extent it's appropriate.

Every American has the right to feel safe in their schools, in their churches, in their movie theaters, and in their nightclubs.

If the director of the department doesn't even know what the privacy policy is, we are in trouble.

What a gun does to a person who survives is devastating as well. Whether it`s the surgeries, I had over ten, the years of physical therapy, the emotional and physical scars that you endure and have to come to grips with the fact that you are different.