Raja Krishnamoorthi Quotes
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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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When our Founding Fathers wrote the historic words 'all men are created equal,' they probably didn't have people like me in mind.
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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.
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I'm an immigrant. I came here when I was 3 months old.
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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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As the son of legal immigrants to America who came from India, I support stronger border security for our nation as well as deporting undocumented immigrants who have committed serious crimes.
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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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When we came to this country, unfortunately, my father lost his job, and we were this close to destitution. We were put on food stamps. We were put in public housing.
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Our best path to economic growth and global competitiveness is to invest in our people - not to provide huge new tax breaks to special interests.
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Illinois is home to a disproportionate share of Dreamers and would suffer a significant economic blow should they be compelled to leave.
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When a foreign adversary knows that an American official has deceived or withheld vital information from our government, it creates a fundamental counterintelligence vulnerability that can render that official irreparably compromised.
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I have strong differences with Mr. Trump on a woman's right to choose and what kind of justices belong on the Supreme Court.
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As a party, Democrats must focus on the pocketbook issues that our constituents care about every day when they wake up to go to work, drop off their kids at school, and tuck them into bed at night.
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We must have the strictest adherence to security procedures to protect against compromise by hostile foreign powers.
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The most important thing is to recognize that research is our seed corn. It's a national security priority. It's not just a way to have enough going on that graduate students can do their Ph.D.s and scientists can publish. We have to do research, or we'll fall behind the rest of the world.
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The possibility that members of the Trump team coordinated and colluded with agents of the Kremlin on Russia's interference in our elections is a profound and disturbing one, but it is pivotal that we approach this issue with the seriousness it deserves.
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Each Dreamer in our country is more than a mere statistic; he or she is a proud American in everything but official documentation.
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The American people need to know if public servants are operating in the best interests of the United States or the Kremlin.
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I hope that President-elect Trump will drop his unrealistic campaign pledge to deport millions of immigrants who've made their lives in this country and contribute to our country.
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I strongly support screening all visitors and potential immigrants thoroughly to prevent bad actors from entering the country.
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America works best when we work together to expand the circle of inclusion.
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We need to invest in our crumbling infrastructure to create jobs and remain economically competitive.
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I think that what is really important is that, at the grassroots level, Indian-Americans really engage in the political process. That means voting and volunteering and assisting candidates who support the agenda that is friendly to their values.
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A high school diploma will no longer be sufficient. But that post secondary education does not have to be a four-year university or a four-year college. It can be career technical education, vocational education, community college.