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“When we set up our kids for failure, we set up our workforce for failure, and we set up our economy for failure. I can't emphasize enough the importance, the absolute importance, of education in achieving long-term economic growth.”
“I offered early on - I think I was governor about a month when I met President Obama - and said, 'I would like to visit with you in reference to border security, in reference to immigration. I'd like to be part of the discussion because I lived on the border all my life.' I've never received a call.”
“Every judge should have real-time access to the criminal background and history of defendants who appear in their courtrooms - so that sentencing and bail decisions can be made with that information.”
“I will veto any tax increase.”
“I want to make sure kids read by the third grade and are prepared for the fourth grade. As school gets harder and kids get older, the words get bigger... If they don't understand what they are reading, they start to fall back, and their interest in school falls off.”
“No child is un-teachable. I will never give up on any kid. Every child can learn.”
“I'm an independent thinker. I am a woman. I am a Republican. And I think for myself, and I decide where I vote and how I vote.”
“As a prosecutor, I served victims; I fought to keep communities safe, and in every instance, I knew that it was my job to protect individuals' privacy.”
“As an elected official, I live a very public life. That elected figures live under something of a microscope is perhaps a necessary condition for an informed public, and yet, even as a public official, I maintain very personal documents that are not intended for public view.”
“I registered Democrat because my parents did. They were, we were. There was no thinking behind it.”
“I am my own person.”
“I want to make sure that I fulfill the promises that I made to New Mexicans. That's extremely important to me.”