Pramila Jayapal Quotes
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Trump has hated Amazon for a long time, and I think that that came out in many interviews that he's done with 'Vanity Fair' and with others.
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Civil rights icons, famous journalists, big-time movie producers may all have credits to their name that we can recognize and be grateful for, but their record of good works cannot excuse their harassment of women.
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I come from a state in India that is a matrilineal state, Kerala. And so women really are seen as very powerful.
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I usually wake up really early because I keep myself on East Coast time.
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We don't get a more responsive government unless we start to systematically run organizing campaigns to change the way government works.
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If you're an opposition party, you are actively using the power you have to oppose the ideas of the other party.
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I want to remind women of color out there to stand your ground, and don't ever be afraid to speak up.
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The vast majority of immigrants - regardless of the conditions of war and poverty that may wrack their home countries - come and contribute to their new home country: building our roads, caring for our homes, children, and elders, and serving as doctors, lawyers, employers, and innovators.
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Ripping children away from their parents has a particular shameful history, both in this country and around the world.
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Profiting from student loans is usury, and we just can't continue to allow it.
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Certainly there are many Congress members who have been arrested in the past on immigration issues and will continue to because we all understand that staying silent is not an option.
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Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it.
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I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight.
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Those who have the most power - whether famous TV anchors, rich Hollywood moguls, judges, Members of Congress, or the president of the United States - must decide how to exert that power: for corruption or for good.
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Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud.
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We are a country that has always been known for providing opportunities to people. We have lost a lot of that opportunity.
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I've always thought of the United States as a place where so much was possible and so many opportunities were out there.
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My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter.
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I came to the United States by myself when I was 16 years old. My parents had about $5,000 in their bank account, and they used it all to send me here because they truly believed that this country was where I was going to get the best education and have the best opportunities.
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I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.
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I like to have my cup of green tea.
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We have to have a planet to pass on to the next generation, and these issues of climate change and climate justice and the disproportionate burdens that communities of color actually bear from our damaging climate is a huge issue.
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Corporations and special interests have their voice in Congress, and they have too many members scared of their power. What Congress needs is a progressive voice who is unafraid to take on these powerful interests - who is willing to fight for all Americans, not just the wealthiest 1 percent.
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As an immigrant, I have lived, in a way, the American dream, and I want to make sure that opportunity is available for everybody.