Raja Krishnamoorthi Quotes
-
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.
-
We should never waive the checks on government spending that taxpayers deserve.
-
Illinois is large, but we do not always receive our fair share of federal resources because our leadership is often divided. When we all row together, good things happen.
-
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.
-
My parents found good paying jobs, educated me and my brother in wonderful public schools, and entered the middle class.
-
America works best when we work together to expand the circle of inclusion.
-
All in all, Trumpcare is a bad plan for older Americans.
-
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.
-
I decided to run for Congress to get and keep people in the middle class.
-
I believe you cannot survive in this global economy without some form of postsecondary education.
-
Mail in our country serves as an economic engine.
-
The American people need to know if public servants are operating in the best interests of the United States or the Kremlin.
-
Donald Trump will become president even after losing the popular vote in our November elections by a wide margin. To govern effectively, he must appeal to a broader base than what he campaigned on and avoid the divisive rhetoric that alienated so many Americans.
-
Partisan politics is not my passion.
-
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.
-
As the president of a cutting-edge research and development firm, I deal with the development of solutions to long-term national security and renewable energy problems every day and will bring this same perspective to Congress.
-
The fact that Barack Hussein Obama became president is historic, to say the least. Actually, to become U.S. senator, that was historic, and then what he did later on - that's what inspired me to think about running for office.
-
The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.
-
If I am elected to Congress, I plan to introduce legislation tying Congressional pay to performance.
-
As a candidate for Congress, I proposed a federal infrastructure bank to help local governments fund badly needed projects, including ones in my district. We need to repair and expand our crumbling transportation systems by creating many good-paying construction jobs.
-
Americans want Washington to put aside political differences, find common ground, and start producing real economic solutions for the middle class.
-
In some ways, 'decency' is a hazy concept; we know it when we see it.
-
I'm looking forward to going to Congress to pursue my Working Families Agenda and find areas of bipartisan agreement to move forward on important legislation.
-
If I am elected to Congress, I will put the interests of our community first, and I will actively seek input and respond to it.