For generations, people have come to U.S. shores to seek opportunity. It's what my grandfather did a century ago, when he came to Seattle, and worked as a houseboy just one mile from the Washington State governor's mansion that I… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
The U.S. tries to provide immigrants who grow up here with a world-class education and imbue them with the can-do attitude that has long… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
The explosive growth in places like Shanghai has helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and into a thriving new middle… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
The constant influx of new cultures, new ideas and new ways of looking at old problems is a big part of the reason why… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
We need the private sector to succeed, because if the private sector succeeds, America succeeds. Because it's not the government that produces jobs, it's… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
If the Chinese can't buy U.S. products, they'll buy them from European countries and then develop stronger economic ties with France and Germany and… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
We want to promote people-to-people exchanges so that China and the United States can really join together, not just to solve the problems of… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I confess to loving a good murder mystery - anything by Scott Turow or John Grisham. Maybe it's a holdover from my days as… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I've been through WTO riots in Seattle, massive earthquakes, major floods... forest fires. I just try to be as even-keeled and calm as possible. — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I consider myself a D.I.Y. home improvement guy. In a prior life, I completely gutted a house - redid the plumbing, wiring, moved sewage… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
