Quotes from Gina Raimondo

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

Before I was State Treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs, including here at Nabsys, a biomedical company. As governor, I'll use this as a model for how we create manufacturing jobs.

We've just got to keep going. More. More work, more action, more results.

I've been told I'm a workaholic.

I'll bring colleges and industry together to develop new products in marine science, green technology, and medical devices, and to train our workers to fill those jobs... We need to get Rhode Islanders back to work.

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.

You can't be a progressive and be opposed to pension reform.

We know businesses can't compete without reliable infrastructure.

People deserve to see a governor who is hustling every day.

The combination of funding for our ports, airports, and highways is a really significant investment in our infrastructure.

I fall into the camp that income inequality is the biggest problem we face.

There's lots of people driving on the roads who don't have licenses. They're still going to work, still going to school. I want them to get a license and insurance so they're driving safely.

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 don't really care if you're a Republican or Democrat or you want to fight about the size of government. How about a government that just works? Put your tax dollar in and get a return out the other end.

I've done a lot of deals, and I'm skilled at negotiating, managing personalities, and getting parties to the table.

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

Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are.

People talk about Social Security. There is no parallel between Rhode Island's pension and Social Security.

We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions.

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.

My vision for a better Rhode Island starts with a simple idea - we are all in this together.

I want to show two things. One, that Democrats can solve big problems and get things done. And two, that as a public official, you can make tough choices, do the right things for the right reasons, and upset some people. And still get elected.

During my four years as treasurer, we restructured our pension system, cutting the state's unfunded liability almost by half and putting our retirement system on stronger footing.

I'm committed to structural changes.