"I’ve been, always, a hardheaded pragmatist."
"There were no more excuses."
"No state has done more than the state of California, no state will continue to do more than the state of California by a long shot. And that's a point of pride."
"California is under assault and the United States of America, in many respects is under assault because we have a president that’s been reckless in terms of assaulting growth engines."
"California is under assault."
"Clearly we’re not in a position to continue to do as much as we wish to do and want to do."
"The challenge that we face this year and the challenge we will face for many years, is on growth of our Medicaid system, Medi-Cal."
"We believe that people should have some skin in the game as it relates to contributions."
"We’re just capping it, particularly for those without documentation."
"It is the right thing morally and ethically."
"What's the impact of Donald Trump on a lot of these things?"