Quotes from John Fetterman

In 2015, I signed the no-fossil-fuel-money pledge and I have never taken a dime from that industry, or ever will.

I said you could sue a ham sandwich. It's not going to change anything. Well, you can audit a ham sandwich, and it's not going to change anything.

I'm not pro-fracking. But sometimes there's got to be some pragmatism.

To pretend that former President Donald Trump's Republican Party will act in good faith to preserve democracy is naive.

I believe that one bad decision should not define a person.

We're all created equal, and we all deserve an equal shot.

I'm not really a big fan of the idea that getting elected to public office means you get to live lavishly on the taxpayer's dime, in some mansion away from the people you represent.

Discretion is the most powerful tool a police officer carries on the beat, because an appropriate level of discretion can short-circuit the use of lethal force. Discretion and de-escalation measures are pro-community, pro-police, and create more trust while making everyone safer.

Basic fairness and equity demand that the color of your collar should not dictate if you receive a bail-out or get bailed on.

I was an unplanned pregnancy between two teenagers in Reading, Pennsylvania, and they ended up getting married. They started out struggling.

My life has been, you know, immeasurably enriched by my wife and her family and her immigration story.

My tenure as mayor of Braddock started with a community that was embroiled in mass distrust between residents and the police force.

In PA, the Lieutenant Governor serves as the Chair of the Board of Pardons. That means that I sit as the head of our five-person board, where we hear testimony and process applications for pardons and sentence commutation.

We must never stop pushing for equal protection under the law in Pennsylvania and across the country.

You know, all work has dignity. I fundamentally believe that. So all paychecks must have dignity.

I don't mean to look scary, it's just kind of what I have to work with. Maybe that's why my tattoos are literally the first thing people Google about me.

Once one of the most important steel manufacturing centers in the world, Braddock - what's left of it - solemnly affirms one of the great economic maxims of our society: socialism for the rich, and capitalism for the poor.

Back in 1995, I quit my job and joined AmeriCorps at the Hill House in Pittsburgh's legendary Hill District.

When I first ran for mayor in 2005, I made a pledge to confront the epidemic of gun violence in Braddock.

Braddock looks every bit the deserted battlefield it truly is: 90 percent of our town's people, buildings, businesses, and homes are gone and what remains, bears witness to the torment.

Math doesn't respond well to opinion.

In fact, I've been around guns for most of my life.

You're to the right of Hobby Lobby if you don't support $15. Hobby Lobby recognized that you got to pay people $15 an hour. So if Hobby Lobby gets it, and you don't as a Democrat, what's your problem, you know?

What we need to do is fundamentally shift the justice system by bringing redemption to the forefront and making sure that second chances are possible in this country.