Pramila Jayapal Quotes
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Immigration is about more than just who comes here and who is allowed to stay. It is about who we are as a country and what we are willing to stand up for.
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If you look at the future of the Democratic Party, things like raising the minimum wage - Democrats need to get behind raising the minimum wage and be clear on where we stand on trade deals.
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I usually wake up really early because I keep myself on East Coast time.
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I am not a woman on Monday, an immigrant on Tuesday, a worker on Wednesday, and a mom on Thursday, I am all of those things all of the time, and I am going to fight for all of those things all of the time.
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Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it.
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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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It is always easier to have somebody to blame, but immigrants are not the cause of the country's economic woes.
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I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.
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There is no question that we, as a country, need to deal with economic inequality across the country, and we need to make sure we have good-paying jobs for everyone.
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What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all.
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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 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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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 feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight.
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There's nothing normal about graduating with massive student debt, where you live in fear of predatory debt collectors and wage garnishers even as you are starting to live your life.
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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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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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My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter.
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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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Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud.
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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.
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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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President Trump has harnessed the fear and prejudice that have accompanied every wave of immigrants in United States history, and stoked those fears to further his own agenda.