Raja Krishnamoorthi Quotes
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One of the best programs that the federal government sponsors is the Small Business Innovation Research program, in which more than 2.5 percent of federal research and development funding at the largest agencies goes directly to small businesses.
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I'm an immigrant. I came here when I was 3 months old.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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America works best when we work together to expand the circle of inclusion.
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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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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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I strongly support screening all visitors and potential immigrants thoroughly to prevent bad actors from entering the country.
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We need to invest in our crumbling infrastructure to create jobs and remain economically competitive.
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My parents found good paying jobs, educated me and my brother in wonderful public schools, and entered the middle class.
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I am hopeful that both India and U.S.A. would be able to expand their counter-terror partnership through wider intelligence sharing and effective coordination.
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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.