Mr. President. my State. California. is a land of newcomers and innovators. Much of our strength comes from the cando spirit of people who come to our State from other countries. New ideas and a determined attitude symbolize what California is all about. My own mother was a young immigrant from Russia. and I well remember her pride in becoming a naturalized American citizen when I was a child. My father was a firstgeneration American. His father. my grandfather. fled Poland alone at the age of 14. He worked hard in this country. He went from a shoemaker to drilling oil. and he was a proud patriarch of a family of 11 children.
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