JIMMY GOMEZ

If I was so establishment, I don't think Our Revolution... would actually endorse me.

People should hold elected officials accountable for how they vote. Period.

In my four years as a state legislator, I went to dozens of nontraditional events - everything from bird watchings to tree giveaways, neighborhood cleanups to self-defense clinics for women - going where people are instead of asking them to come to me. It's how I learned about their struggles and how legislative decisions affected their lives.

If Dems don't stick together, we're going to lose.

To me, 'the establishment' means people who are out of touch with the people they're elected to represent.

I'm still the community college kid with immigrant parents.

I do support 'sanctuary cities,' and I would be a firm, non-negotiable 'no' vote on any deliberations that include the possibility of blocking funding for them.

If I was such a corporate Democrat, why would the California Nurses Association, one of the leading advocates for a single-payer system, endorse me?

I'm trying to work on my Spanish.

A poor person in my community doesn't see a person driving a Tesla and say, 'That benefits me.'

Someone like Bernie Sanders can be in office for 30 years, but he's not the establishment.

I'm still that kid that worked at Subway and Target.

My district really wanted me... to take a hard stance against a Donald Trump agenda.

We must continue to honor America's commitment to keeping families together and not turn our backs on refugees and asylum seekers.

I will not negotiate the demise of the ACA with the Trump administration, but I would certainly be willing to work with responsible Republicans to fix some of the problems, particularly by strengthening the individual purchasers market to bring younger and healthier people into the risk pool.

We need to combat Trump's agenda to make sure he can't divide our families.

For the son of immigrants to run for elected office, not even a generation after my parents got here, that's what makes America a great place.

I believe young people from working families should have access to debt-free education because I know from my own experience that a high-school degree is not always enough, and a higher education can change a life.

We have seen the corrupting effects of a deliberate propaganda campaign driven by fake news.

I feel like the fools who dream and who take risks are the ones who change the world.

I like musicals.

I will not support a federal budget that cuts funds for sanctuary cities, states, or universities.

I'm Latino, progressive, and I have deep roots in the working class - my father was a bracero, a guest farmworker and cook, and my mom worked as a nursing home laundry attendant.

Parliamentarian rules, the rules of the House, how you get bills referred, really the nuts and bolts that most members don't ever want to know because it's a lot of work. But that's what really makes you successful.

As a California state legislator, I supported our cap-and-trade law to force polluters to pay for releasing harmful greenhouse gases to combat climate change.