Raja Krishnamoorthi Quotes
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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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China is eating our lunch with regard to renewable energy.
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Ultimately, much of the dysfunction in Congress is due to the impact of big money, which drowns out the voices of working families and leads to the special treatment of special interests.
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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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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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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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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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Mail in our country serves as an economic engine.
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Even people who have successfully obtained a visa are sometimes being turned back at the airport. Such incidents have never happened in the past but are increasing now because even low level officers of the border patrol department are being entrusted with too much discretion power on how they execute the laws.
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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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We should never waive the checks on government spending that taxpayers deserve.
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When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust.
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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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I think it's so important we're a nation of laws but also a nation of immigrants.
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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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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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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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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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Congress increasingly represents the diversity of America.
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If I am elected to Congress, I plan to introduce legislation tying Congressional pay to performance.
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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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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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Making Congress into a less crisis-driven institution starts with electing members of Congress who can take the long view.
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The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.