“A student graduating from Troy shouldn’t feel like they have to leave Alabama to find a good-paying job or build the life they want,” said Jones. “We need to build a state our young people are proud not just to come from, but to stay in, to come home to and to help lead into the future”

"This week is the 91st anniversary of when Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act," Jones told the crowd. "And I mentioned that not just because it's so important to so many people, probably including a lot of people in this room, but the fact that we've got a United States senator running for governor who stood on the floor of the United States Senate the other day with a big poster that said ‘Social Security is a scam,’ a ‘Ponzi scheme.’

“This state benefits from a healthy two-party system, and we haven't had it in a while, and we’re going to have it,” Jones said during his weekly livestream Sunday. “You could feel going into this particular reorganization, regardless of how the elections were going to turn out, you were going to have a really healthy political party to challenge the status quo going forward.”

"Twenty-five cents of every dollar you give this state goes to prisons, between $900 million and a billion dollars a year, supporting facilities that are failing and are the deadliest in the nation,"

"The governor appoints the prison commissioner. We need to get somebody in there that is going to open it up, look under every hood, everywhere you can go,” said Jones. "I think there needs to be an independent commission, an independent review agency that is looking at the prison system, how it's running, and the money that's being spent."

"Every stop on this tour reminds me why Doug and I are in this race,” said Louise Jones.  “We’re doing it for women, for working families, and for folks desperate for a change and who deserve to be heard."

"Students across Alabama are headed back to school this month, as exciting as it is. We have to ask ourselves: are we doing enough for our students? And I don't think we are. Being better starts with where our money goes, public dollars belong in public schools."

"There's no question Tommy Tuberville is trying to throw us back into an era of hate, of division, of an Alabama that everybody sees as us versus them, good versus evil," Jones told Sharpton. "But that's not the people of Alabama that I know."

“Millions of people depend on Social Security,” Jones said. “Hundreds of thousands of people in Alabama depend on Social Security. They've never missed a paycheck. And this guy calls it a ‘scam.’ One would think Tuberville would know all about scams. He was involved in one.”

"I'm telling you guys, on Day One, I'm going to start doing everything I can to expand Medicaid," Jones said. "We've not had a champion in the governor's office. You're going to have that now."

"The goal is a different kind of state government,” said Jones. “One that actually belongs to the people of Alabama. One that listens before it lectures. One that solves problems instead of staging distractions."

[In regards to the new power transformer factory coming to the Shoals.] "That's going to be about a thousand new jobs," Jones said. "I am not convinced that that is filtering down to the local workers as much as it should. We need to make sure that when these folks are coming in here, they make certain guarantees, not on the tax base, but that they bring in jobs that are going to be good paying, that are going to give people opportunities for advancement."

“Since our campaign began, we’ve been building a movement to win at the ballot box on November 3rd. Nothing about today’s decision changes our plan. It’s more than evident that Tommy Tuberville doesn't live in Alabama, but the real issue is how out of touch he is with everyday Alabamians. While he’s focused on helping his powerful friends, we’re focused on lowering costs, strengthening our schools, saving rural hospitals, and making government work for the people. We will keep showing up for the people of Alabama every day.”

“On America's 250th birthday, remember this: despite the chaos, despite the division, despite the challenges we face, we still live in the greatest country on Earth. Today is not only a day to celebrate our nation, but to recommit ourselves to the work of building a more perfect Union."

"This is where we need to go to celebrate voting, to celebrate people who understand that civic engagement and participating in government is incredibly important. That’s why we’re here and I’m proud to be here.”

"Once again the Supreme Court just made it even easier for big money to have outsized influence in our elections. By lifting limits on how political parties can spend money in coordination with candidates, the Court has handed wealthy donors and special interests more ways to pour unlimited money into our elections."

"This week, the same Supreme Court that gutted the Voting Rights Act earlier this year rejected Republicans' most recent attempt to make voting harder for Americans. By a narrow 5-4 margin, the Court allowed the counting of mail-in ballots postmarked by but received after Election Day. I am relieved by the Court's decision, but this is not the time to celebrate."

While Justice Kavanaugh joined the majority in blocking Trump’s executive order, he based his reasoning on federal statute rather than the Constitution. Trump is now pressuring Congress to jockey around with the plain meaning of the 14th Amendment and pass unconstitutional legislation ending birthright citizenship. I will fight those efforts. Our Constitution, not politicians trying to consolidate power, must decide who is a citizen."

“For 80 years, the Michelin BFGoodrich plant has been an anchor in Tuscaloosa County, employing generations of hardworking people. With news of its closure by 2028, thousands of workers will be laid off. I’m devastated, not just for the families affected, but the entire community."

"Today, the rule of law was lost, and Alabamians will pay the price."

"He [Tuberville] consistently embarrasses the state," Jones said. "He has not had any major legislation at all that helps the state of Alabama or the country, for that matter."

“Today’s Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais is a catastrophic setback to voting rights in this country and, in all but name, a death sentence to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act."

“Today’s Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais is a catastrophic setback to voting rights in this country and, in all but name, a death sentence to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act."

“The charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center are as outrageous as they are dangerous. The Trump Administration has now taken the weaponization of the Department of Justice and the FBI to levels we have never seen."

“If you want to see a con job, watch what's happening in the Alabama legislature about the Public Service Commission. Rep. Mack Butler's HB 475 that passed the House was a good bill. For the first time in over 40 years, Alabamians had a real chance to get a formal rate case where power companies would have to justify their rates in public. When that bill got to the Senate, Republican leadership not only gutted the requirement of a rate case from HB 475 but added their PSC packing plan to increase the PSC from 3 to 7 members with Governor Ivey appointing four seats this summer before the election. The substitute would also effectively put control of the PSC in the hands of a non-elected “energy secretary”

“I am calling on Governor Ivey and the Alabama Legislature to act now and pass a 60 to 90 day suspension of Alabama’s gas tax, similar to the action taken in Georgia this past week."

"If you want to see a con job, watch what's happening in the Alabama legislature about the Public Service Commission. Rep. Mack Butler's HB 475 that passed the House was a good bill. For the first time in over 40 years, Alabamians had a real chance to get a formal rate case where power companies would have to justify their rates in public. When that bill got to the Senate, Republican leadership not only gutted the requirement of a rate case from HB 475 but added their PSC packing plan to increase the PSC from 3 to 7 members with Governor Ivey appointing four seats this summer before the election. The substitute would also effectively put control of the PSC in the hands of a non-elected “energy secretary” also appointed by the governor."