55 Quotes by Tony Cardenas

If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment.

The San Fernando Valley has plenty of manufacturing zones, especially in the 29th Congressional District.

California's redistricting process creates a historic opportunity for Valley Latinos to have a strong and unified voice in Congress for the first time. The opportunity to be the Valley's first Latino Congressional representative is humbling, and I'm proud that so many diverse leaders have come together to support this campaign.

Our kids have to understand that drinking underage is a poor decision that could drastically affect their chances to achieve the goals they've set.

When millions of law-abiding people achieve citizenship, our communities benefit, and the U.S. economy grows and strengthens.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of media as a tool to encourage civic engagement and participation, and the importance of a diverse and well-informed public.

I meditate, and I try to do that twice a day.

I think it's not up to Congress to dictate what the right amount of diversity is, but I think it's Congress' place to ask the question, to any industry, in talking about what's going on out there. Is there a lack of preparation of the community to be ready to be involved in that industry?

When you have 20 nominations - 20 names on the nomination list of best actor, supporting actor and actress, etc., and there's absolutely no representation of color whatsoever, I think that's a subset of perhaps a bigger problem.