Raja Krishnamoorthi Quotes
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We have numerous mandirs, gurudwaras, and mosques in my Congressional district and all across the U.S.
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I've led programs that have helped thousands of individuals, small businesses, veterans, the disabled, farmers get low-interest loans to prosper.
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Voters should know what their representative is doing, what votes he casts, and who he pays, so my office will make this data readily available in a way which is easy to understand.
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When you encounter some form of discrimination or maybe even worse, I urge you to alert others. Regardless of how small the incident is, it has to be brought to the attention of people like me and also the law enforcement agencies.
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I will not stand for any tax increase for middle class or working Americans. There is no way I will support that.
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Mail enables businesses to deliver vital services and products, including medication, and allows these same businesses to receive payments in a timely way.
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Our political system has been bankrupted by the failures of Congress to act in ways that give meaning to the struggles our constituents endure.
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One of the positives of the Illinois delegation is the congressmen and women work together on issues of local concern in a lot of different ways.
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While U.S. investments in India are growing, we also need Indian investments in America.
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Following well-established national security screening procedures and accurately informing Congress about them is not a joke or a political game. It is essential to guaranteeing that our national secrets are protected and to preventing possible blackmailing of key administration officials.
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In my experience, union leaders are respected by their members.
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Cutting tax credits for education and training will result in more Americans working at minimum-wage jobs while U.S. companies go begging for the higher-paid skilled workers they need.
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After Charlottesville, our politics have now borne witness to a U.S. president at times openly defending neo-Nazis and white supremacists before condemning them.
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We must reject the politics of meanness and contempt that increasingly dominate our airwaves and Internet.
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Illinois is becoming more diverse, more tolerant, and even more green.
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I'm a product of public schools. They are resource-challenged, and when you take those dollars away from public schools and send them to private schools, you're further starving the system.
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There is too much blind partisanship in Congress, which has blocked progress on critical issues. Too many members view compromise as weakness rather than the essence of our democracy. This has to end.
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I'm an immigrant. I came here when I was 3 months old.
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If I'm privileged to be elected, I'd be blessed to represent a diverse district, including South Asians and Indian Americans.
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Losing access to quality and comprehensive coverage, including for prescription drugs, would be devastating to older Americans.
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My parents climbed their way to the middle class.
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In the past, leaders of both parties have been able to reach across the partisan divide. They succeeded by retaining their own humanity and recognizing the same in their political opponents.
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Step one of the initial process of getting a non-immigrant visa is tough, renewing it is tough, and then transferring from the status of non-immigrant to immigrant or green card is tough. The only process which is easy is the last part of transferring from green card to citizenship, but getting there is quite a journey.
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For too long, people in Washington and Congress point fingers at each other, even as millions of middle-class Americans remain unemployed and our economy continues to sputter. They must realize that we are all in this together, and I respectfully submit that the best way to remind Congress of this is to tie their pay to their collective results.