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" I am on the side of the working person across the country. "
Pramila Jayapal
Working
I Am
Person
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" My grandmother was whip smart as well as an incredible athlete. She played tennis in her sari, cheered on the Indian team in cricket matches, and tried to convince us that her made-up words were real so she could win a Scrabble game. "
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" Racism, sexism, and age-ism are all alive and well in the U.S. House. "
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" As difficult as my story is, it's nothing compared to the people I've worked with. And so I just want to do everything I can to make sure that America continues to be a land of opportunity and hope for people and refuge for people from all over the world. "
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" I like being on a plane with no phone service because I get so much work done. "
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" For immigrant women, fighting for some of the standard platforms of the women's movement may feel unthinkable when deportation is staring you in the face every day. "
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" I think what I learned is that just because somebody says you can't talk to them or just because somebody says they don't have an answer for you, you don't stop. "
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" Trump has hated Amazon for a long time, and I think that that came out in many interviews that he's done with 'Vanity Fair' and with others. "
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" I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight. "
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" I'm conscious of my race and ethnicity in the legislature - it's hard not to be. "
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" The fact that the immigration issue was the first thing Trump took aim at was a good thing for me, because it's what I spent my life working on. It became a place to see what we've become as a country, and how overreach can actually serve to bring those of us on the Left and Democrats together. "
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Me
Life
Good
" I'm not a complainer. I'm a doer. So if I see something is wrong, then I feel like I have to get in there and try to fix it. "
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Try
" There were not that many people who were willing to come out and stand up for Muslims or stand up against the abuses of the Bush administration. That was post-9/11, so I think there was a lot of fear at the time about exactly what that meant - were they unpatriotic if they stood up? "
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Up
Time
" There isn't really precedent for asylum seekers' being criminally prosecuted at the border before they've had a 'credible fear' hearing. You come seeking asylum. Seeking asylum is not illegal. "
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You
Before
Border
" It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen. "
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Me
Took
Become
" I am not a woman on Monday, an immigrant on Tuesday, a worker on Wednesday, and a mom on Thursday, I am all of those things all of the time, and I am going to fight for all of those things all of the time. "
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Time
Fight
I Am
" I never thought I would run for office. "
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Never
Would
Thought
" I love my district, the 37th Legislative District in Washington State, where I have lived for more than 20 years. "
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Lived
Love
Washington
" Statistics are just a compilation of people's stories put on paper, and legislation is our attempt to address those real challenges for people. "
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Real
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People
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Power
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" When bosses, leaders, and powerful men and women ignore or deny the accounts of harassment victims, they reinforce the idea that harassers are playing the game as they should and that the rest of us should fall in line. "
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" I came to the United States by myself when I was 16 years old. My parents had about $5,000 in their bank account, and they used it all to send me here because they truly believed that this country was where I was going to get the best education and have the best opportunities. "
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Education
Best
" If someone tells me that something can't be done, that makes me more determined to do it. "
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Someone
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" I really get my best work done in the morning, so if I have to edit speeches or comments, that all happens before I get to work. "
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Get
Done
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