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Jay Inslee

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Jay Robert Inslee is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the 23rd governor of Washington since January 16, 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, Inslee has focused on issues such as climate change, clean energy, and healthcare during his tenure. He previously represented Washington's 1st and 2nd congressional districts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 and from 1999 to 2012, respectively.

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Mar 11, 2021

It's disappointing, perhaps not terribly surprising. The Republican leadership still wants to be on the Titanic with the former President.

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Dec 18, 2020

I had a very productive conversation tonight with Operation Warp Speed regarding the reduction in state vaccine allocations for next week. It appears this is not indicative of long-term challenges with vaccine production.

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Dec 18, 2020

We need accurate, predictable numbers to plan and ensure on-the-ground success.

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Sep 21, 2020

What kind of American president in the middle of a pandemic goes to a state consciously, willfully violates the law, as he did in Nevada, that is intended to save Americans live, and now we've passed over the 200,000 loss threshold.

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Sep 21, 2020

I think the most important thing, in regard to the kind of question you're asking right now is our ability to have confidence in a forthcoming vaccine.

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Sep 11, 2020

We have to start thinking they're more climate fires. They're climate fires because that's what creates the conditions that makes them so explosive.

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Aug 13, 2020

The President is trying to sabotage mail-in voting by degrading the ability of the U.S. Mail to do its job.

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Jul 9, 2020

Denial, disengagement and deceit is not a strategy for health and victory here.

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Jul 9, 2020

This is a familiar and very infuriating pattern of the President. He started this situation by denying a problem, then he disengaged from it, and now he's using deceit about the current level of science.

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Jul 9, 2020

It would be very helpful if we had a national policy, all the way up from PPE, to testing kits, to contact tracing, to masking requirements.

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Apr 16, 2020

To have a president of the United States entreat people to ignore the law, that cannot stand.

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Apr 16, 2020

Only the president is in position to do that. That's why we really need that leadership.

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Apr 16, 2020

Extreme disappointment, and frankly anger because we've lost over 500 people in my state, and we know -- saying in automobile safety speed kills. Well, words can be fatal too.

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Apr 16, 2020

We need somebody with the guts of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the commitment to mobilize the manufacturing base of the United States.

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Apr 16, 2020

The president of the United States willfully trying to inspire people to disobey and violate at law with potentially fatal consequences is unbelievably irresponsible.

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Mar 22, 2020

This weapon distancing ourselves is the only weapon we have against this virus.

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Mar 1, 2020

We think folks should begin to think about avoiding large events and assemblies.

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Mar 1, 2020

We are now very seriously ramping up our capacity to deal with this, both in our testing.

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Sep 3, 2019

We have one last chance. And when you have one chance in life, you take it. Literally the survival of humanity on this planet and civilization as we know it is in the hands of the next president.

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Sep 3, 2019

We need to invest in renewable energy and create good-paying jobs that will help us transition to a clean energy economy.

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Sep 3, 2019

We need to hold corporate polluters accountable and ensure that they pay for the damage they've done to our environment.

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Sep 3, 2019

We have to take bold action to address climate change and protect our planet for future generations.

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Sep 3, 2019

We must invest in clean energy and create millions of good-paying jobs in the process.

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Sep 3, 2019

We need to be able to protect our environment and ensure that everyone has access to clean air and water.

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Sep 3, 2019

We have to make sure that we get rid of the filibuster so we can govern the United States effectively.

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