Quotes from Tony Cardenas

If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment.

BOLD PAC is Hispanic first, Democratic second. And it's a close, close second because we do not engage in endorsing non-Democrats.

When we fail to include diverse, talented faces, reflecting both today and tomorrow's America, we send a poor message to our youth and the world.

I love chocolate, and I love ice cream. That's a double whammy there. I constantly have to check myself and say, 'I've already had dessert today.'

All parents want their kids to be on a healthy track to success.

My father worked with a first-grade education in this country and managed every single day without a hiccup.

Comcast is a big voice: they have a tremendous voice across America; they're a tremendous voice in Spanish and English, and they have a tremendous voice in Washington.

As someone who has owned a small business in the past, I understand how difficult it can be to get a loan.

Who cannot appreciate the smell of bacon? It smells good, but I never want to grab a bite.

As an engineer, you learn there is a solution to every problem. It may take you a while, but eventually you're going to find it.

We need to get around a table, have a serious discussion about the holistic problems in our immigration system, and craft a common-sense solution.

We must make the masses understand that we have a responsibility to care for our animals and that when things get messed up, it's usually because human hands have caused it.

The San Fernando Valley has plenty of manufacturing zones, especially in the 29th Congressional District.

I meditate, and I try to do that twice a day.

Our kids have to understand that drinking underage is a poor decision that could drastically affect their chances to achieve the goals they've set.

To truly utilize the full potential of every person in our nation, our laws and representation must track the needs, concerns, and goals of the Latino community.

California's redistricting process creates a historic opportunity for Valley Latinos to have a strong and unified voice in Congress for the first time. The opportunity to be the Valley's first Latino Congressional representative is humbling, and I'm proud that so many diverse leaders have come together to support this campaign.

When millions of law-abiding people achieve citizenship, our communities benefit, and the U.S. economy grows and strengthens.

It's not up to one individual to decide, 'I'm going to dictate the outcome of what's going to happen legislatively.' That is not a democracy; it's an atrocity.

There is no organic process where you can take a diverse community like America and then distill it down to it only looks monolithic without having some kind of inorganic interplay going on that created that outcome.

If Latinos stay at home, we determine the outcome of an election.

I wasn't the student body this, student body that. I was not much into running for office.

The NCAA is acting like they can or are willing to self-police. It doesn't appear that they are willing to do it to the degree that they should.

Being fined for violating the rules of your league is not the same as a shop owner on Main Street paying to have a new sign hung in front of their business. One is a business expense, the other is a punishment.