A biography for Pete Gallegohasn’t been written yet.
“Frankly, no issue is worth shutting down the government and denying pay to those committed to public service.”
“Around here, manana seems to be the busiest day of the week. We never seem to get there.”
“HB 2 leaves 90% of the children behind. The disconnect between this bill and the basic needs of Texas schoolchildren is appalling.”
“The irony is that kids are treated equally when it comes to tests and standards and expectations but not treated equally when providing funds to meet those standards and expectations.”
“The fact that I am Latino is not a secret. There's not much I can do about that. It is what it is. I think people know that my last name ends in a vowel. What can I tell you?”
“There's no such thing as anybody who can't be beat; everybody can be beat. It's a question of how hard you're willing to work. It's a question of the environment, the surroundings. Frankly, there's a lot of issues with timing.”
“It's a lack of respect for the community when you're not willing to debate because it's the 'wrong' network.”
“How do you defend inaction in the face of crisis? How is that defensible for anybody?”
“I learned long ago you run unopposed, or you run scared.”
“The policy of the future cannot forever be determined by the politics of the past - or even the present.”
“When Congress puts party labels aside, like we did on VA reform, we can accomplish some great things for the American people. But those occasions were far too rare.”
“PACs don't vote in the district; people do.”
“I like having a battleground district because I think that's real-life America.”
“There's this fight for the heart and soul of the Republican Party, and until that fight gets settled - because they're the majority - there's a lot of things that are pretty much on hold.”
“A robust democracy requires active participation.”
“For me, the issue is if I'm your advocate, if I'm your representative, my job is to stand up for you and talk about you and defend you.”
“We've made our living for a long time on commerce and trade at the border.”
“People don't have the opportunity to be larger than life anymore - they're afraid of seeing it on the Internet.”
“I think 'immigration' is a bad word for many Republicans.”
“I'm confident in my strengths. I'm prepared to jump any hurdle.”