Gina Raimondo

Democrats and all public servants just need to be honest. If we have schools that aren't working ... we need to face the facts and fix them. ”

We have to slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully align all of our interests. ”

I am a proponent of investing in infrastructure... and, if we can use state resources to make ProvPort more prosperous and successful, then that will benefit the whole state. ”

Maybe you think, 'I'm not college material.' Maybe you worry that you don't have the money. Then you take the SAT. You see that colleges are getting in touch with you. You begin to think maybe you are ready for college. ”

Budgets that don't balance, public programs that aren't funded, pension funds that are running out of money, schools that aren't funded - How does that help anyone? ”

I've been told I'm a workaholic. ”

Every single day I've been governor, I hear from a little girl who thinks it's the greatest thing ever that we have a woman governor. ”

I guess whenever I'm in the paper, it's dealing with bridges falling apart, budget problems, pension crises - and saying we have to tackle these problems. ”

It's all about the choices we make as a society. We can choose to have poor schools and parks and higher tuition at Rhode Island's colleges. But we should make an active choice. ”

The governor's not allowed to drive. That's part of the life you accept. ”