Raja Krishnamoorthi Quotes
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A porous border is a danger to America's national security, the people who live near it, and to those who cross it.
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In some ways, political decency is a sign of a healthy democracy, but in other ways, it is the cause of it.
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Mail in our country serves as an economic engine.
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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.
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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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In truth, ending DACA will cost us tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity.
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Our country's history is a generation-spanning journey to effectuate the notion that 'all men are created equal' for the members of our ever-expanding national family: women, African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, gays and lesbians, the disabled, immigrants, and refugees.
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There's a lot of good, bipartisan legislation that passes in committee and then gets bottled up. As a businessman, it surprised me.
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A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law.
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We should never waive the checks on government spending that taxpayers deserve.
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Working with a Republican co-sponsor, Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, I introduced a bill to strengthen our nation's career and technical education programs and more closely align them with the needs of local businesses and industries.
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When I was a young child, my parents came to America in search of a better life for them and their family.
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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.
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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.
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When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust.
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In the private sector, as the president of a small business, my focus has been on driving the growth of our business, not driving any partisan political agenda.
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In terms of what I wanted to do before I got into politics, I was a businessman. I ran a company that makes and sells infrared night vision military technology and solar technology, so I wanted to grow that company and pursue groundbreaking technology in each of those areas.
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Every night at dinner, my father would say something about the greatness of the United States - and tell us to make sure the government is there for the next people who come along and need it.
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So many of our businesses rely on green card holders - how are we supposed to attract these people if they think they'll be detained at the airport if they go abroad for a wedding or just to show their baby to relatives?
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I think it's so important we're a nation of laws but also a nation of immigrants.
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Congress increasingly represents the diversity of America.
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We need to cut unnecessary weapons programs like the F-35 fighter plane that cost trillions of dollars and don't even work.
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The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.
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As a small-business man myself, I believe strongly that improving the health of small businesses is the key to improving the economy, growing the middle class, and creating innovative products and services.