American - Politician | July 14, 1959 -
I didn't have a whole lot of role models to say, 'This much is possible, versus this much.' So I finally said, 'I think I'd like to be a mayor. I'd like to pull together a city and help do good things.'
Susana Martinez
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I do think we do have to respect the position of the presidency.
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You want to earn the vote of every single person you can... It doesn't matter whether individuals are in need of assistance of the government or individuals who are in college; it doesn't matter.
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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.
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I don't think there's ever a silver bullet to any problem. There are always several answers and solutions to a problem.
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Criminals take advantage of weak laws, like giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
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When there is a crisis, how you handle the crisis is just as important as the crisis.
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New Mexico should be a tech jobs leader and a haven for innovation, a place where the best and the brightest come to bring their products to market.
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We need to grow the private sector in every corner of New Mexico.
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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.
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I know what not being able to read can do to a child's confidence.
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New Mexico's agricultural economy is primarily composed of dairy and range livestock production.
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