I believe we have to bring the 12 million undocumented workers out of the shadows, set up a standard where they speak English, if they pass background checks, pay back taxes, obey the laws, embrace American values, give them a chance, a path to citizenship, not amnesty.
BILL RICHARDSONWe must never forget that it is the private sector – not government – that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner.
More Bill Richardson Quotes
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Recognizing and preventing men’s health problems is not just a man’s issue. Because of its impact on wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters, men’s health is truly a family issue.
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Education enables people and societies to be what they can be. It is education that allows us to see that we are in this for the long haul, and it is education that will give us the tools we need to build a better future.
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Make no mistake, the point of cutting the personal income tax and the capital gains cut is to send an unmistakable message to business leaders.
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You can count on time for two things. One is that it will pass. The other is that it will never shut up.
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Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.
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Natural gas is the future. It is here.
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We’re a superpower with a third world grid.
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We can now say with certainty that the dream of this spaceport launching a new era in New Mexico’s aerospace industry will become reality.
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We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.
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As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day – like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.
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I want all Hispanics in the Republican Party, in the Democratic Party, whether Latin Americans, Central Americans, Cubans, Mexicans, I want us to unite.
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If you want to find a way to keep illegal immigrants, you know where they are, you give them a driver’s license. It helps with – they all get insured, it helps with traffic safety.
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It [Border fence] hasn’t worked. What has worked is more border patrols… What has worked is some technology.
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I believe education is the key. Yeah, I was for kids of illegal immigrants, if they fulfill the same academic requirements as New Mexico kids, to be eligible for a scholarship.
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Few needs are more pressing, or more deserving of our attention, than taking care of the men and women of the U.S. armed forces.
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