Elizabeth Emken
Elizabeth Emken
Elizabeth Diane Emkenis an American politician. Emken was the Republican Party candidate for United States Senator from California in the 2012 election, challenging incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein in the November general election. Emken is the former Vice President for Government Relations at Autism Speaks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 April 1963
CountryUnited States of America
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In California, for so long now, our families have been struggling in this economic environment, and Dianne Feinstein, been in office nearly half a century, is out of touch of what women and families are going through in California.
Ironically, if you look at Dianne Feinstein's profile and you look at my profile, I'm the 99 percent. Dianne Feinstein's the one percent. She appeals to one percent.
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What's more difficult than knowing there's an effective treatment for your children, but you can't afford to offer it to them because it's not covered by insurance?
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The federal government secures the border; Californians decide how we want to treat our population. I think we need a vibrant guest worker program. If we have one, we're going to stop having a lot of issues at the border.
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When you look at a Congress that has an 84 percent disapproval rating, that means that for the most part, the people of this country, and certainly California, are looking for new leadership.
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Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these barriers around themselves and tried to avoid interaction with their constituents.
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I'm no fan of what I've seen health insurance companies do.
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My son is a blessing in every way.
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My son has autism, and I founded the government relations department at Autism Speaks.
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We need new energy back in Washington.
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I think we need to have more women in the Republican Party talking about what it is were trying to do for families.
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You know, my background, I was at a non-profit for years.
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I don't care what the political establishment says, Republican, Democrat - I'm a problem solver.
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I offer something very different from the lifelong career politicians who have worked their way up to run for higher office or those who can parachute in with checks for $5 million or $10 million, and that seems to be the definition of credible or legitimate. I'm rejecting that premise.