Maggie Hassan Quotes

My capital budget maintains my commitment to the education of children, health of the Chesapeake Bay, and safety of all Maryland citizens. We will continue to focus on the five pillars of my Administration as we build today and look forward to the projects of the future.

I don’t think I’d set money above public health. I place them all at the highest ranking.

It's in my own interest - it's in everybody's interest - to have streets that are safe, children that are educated, and drug use that's diminished, crimes that are not affecting us.

Really, the proper study of economics is fulfilment, not consumption... It doesn't even matter if it's a green product or a green house... It's still consumption. What matters in this world is the fulfilment of people's needs and the fulfilment of their aspirations.

We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation.

The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.

Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship.

These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.

The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.

By working to ensure we live in a society that prioritizes public safety, education, and innovation, entrepreneurship can thrive and create a better world for all of us to live in.

The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.

Clearly, Mayor Bloomberg did some things right. I think he did a very good job on public health. He did a very good job on environment. I think he was right to achieve mayoral control of education. I don't think he then applied it the right way.

The well-being of the nation is in the well-being of the people.

We must recognize that the safety and welfare of our people are the real national security issues.

When you report on Wall Street and health-care reform... what could be more relevant to people's lives?

There's every reason to think that whatever their political leanings, Americans will be highly receptive to numerous reforms designed to improve health, safety, economic security, environmental quality and democratic self-government - at least if those reforms do not eliminate their freedom of choice.

Public health and safety are my highest priorities.

Dealing with the health of people is more important than political considerations.

The health and safety of our neighbors and our communities should be our top priority - nothing is more important.

If you can't educate your citizens and you can't keep them healthy, you can't begin to be a society.

What makes a successful country is when you invest in the people of the country - whether it's education, health care, job training - and you rebuild a clean America to provide the kind of infrastructure that will be sustainable and let us grow.

We need a better strategy to achieve the national goal of a stable population, healthier and better educated.

With the observable fact that scientific knowledge makes our lives better when applied with concern for human welfare and environmental protection, there is no question that science and technology can produce abundance so that no one has to go without.

Budgets are moral documents. They reflect the values of any government and when you're compromising clean air, clean water, and lead, you're making a statement about communities you don't care about.

Health is really important to me and my family. It's something that we value and that I strive for on a daily basis. MedImmune, the makers of Flumist Quadrivalent, knew about that and knew how important health is for me, so it was a no brainer for me to collaborate with them.