Quotes from Michelle Lujan Grisham

It's clear to me that the NRA isn't going to stop trying to meddle in making this a safer state.

You don't want a second-class set of citizens inside the United States.

I voted with most of my colleagues in the U.S. House to reject a farm bill that would have cut $20 billion from the SNAP program.

When you're not sure what your constituents want, if you have a more conservative approach, or you have a wait-and-see approach - boy, voters were pretty clear about what they expect.

I don't see the minimum wage as a fight between capital and labor, between persistent small businesses and diligent employees. I think offering New Mexicans a pathway out of poverty helps all of us, no matter which side of the check you sign.

I expect Congress to continue to work on that, to secure the border, to invest in smart technology, and in personnel that makes a difference there.

We got to bust through some walls to make changes.

We must be particularly careful when we enact policies in response to a specific crime, a specific type of crime, or crime wave simply by increasing punishments.

Not only am I knowledgeable and have a good friend base who can pitch in when I need them, and daughters, but I can afford to pay the people.

Climate change is real and we have to address it.

As our clean energy industries grow, so too will sustainable, well-paying jobs.

I look forward to the opportunity to continue to push for the welfare of our students and the dignity of our educators' work in my role as governor.

Exclusively should mean exclusively, and money used for campaign purposes should kept separate from money used for the promotion of social welfare.

The Citizens United ruling opened the door for tax-exempt social welfare organizations to spend substantial portions of their funds on campaign activities, without having to disclose where that money came from.

Are we going to be risk-averse about health care, education, child well-being, or are we going to set aside those attitudes, which we find in government all too often, and lead?

New Mexicans want a Governor who will continue to fight and hold President Trump accountable for policies that hurt New Mexicans and hard-working families.

2010 was sort of this shock and shift in congress, with the real emergence of the Tea Party.

Do we want our state to be defined by the bankrupt and intolerant values of Donald Trump? Do we want the values of hyperpartisanship and obstruction that we see in the tea party Congress that Steve Pearce has embraced?

School grades can help determine how well a principal or school leader is doing, and yeah, you need to have some way to evaluate schools.

I was fairly young when we moved to Santa Fe, but it wasn't long after that I started to figure out who I was, and that entire process took place in this city.

As a widow and a caregiver and a single mother, I'm living the experience that New Mexicans are.

We have to fix the education system.

As governor, I'll work to make New Mexico a national leader in clean energy by moving to renewable energies such as solar and wind and through innovative, smart policy and practices such as methane mitigation.

I think we ought to provide much more dignity and respect to individuals who need some care and assistance, whether they are chronically ill or disabled or seniors, it's the right thing for this country to do.