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" I never thought I would run for office. "
Pramila Jayapal
Never
Would
Thought
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" Having a strong race lens means you understand racism is threaded through and institutionalized in all of our systems and our very perceptions, threaded through how someone looks at you, treats you, thinks about you and your potential. "
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" I have an incredibly supportive family. "
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" There's nothing normal about graduating with massive student debt, where you live in fear of predatory debt collectors and wage garnishers even as you are starting to live your life. "
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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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" 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 actually had a number of different careers. I worked on Wall Street; I was a Master's in Business. I left that to work in the public sector. "
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" I like to have my cup of green tea. "
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" There is no question that we, as a country, need to deal with economic inequality across the country, and we need to make sure we have good-paying jobs for everyone. "
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" 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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" I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. "
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Elected
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" We need to expand the idea of choice to be about all the choices we make in our lives: including which country we choose to live in so we can be whole and full women. "
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" I would attend a State of the Union by a president with whom I disagree if I felt she or he was otherwise respectful and adhered to basic moral values or basic tenets of civility and respect. "
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" Ripping children away from their parents has a particular shameful history, both in this country and around the world. "
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World
" If you're an opposition party, you are actively using the power you have to oppose the ideas of the other party. "
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Party
Power
" Regardless of who is elected president in 2016, we all still live together. Each of us has a different role to play, but we all have to hold the collective space for movement-building together. It's the only way we move forward. "
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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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Racism
Alive
Well
" What Republicans so cynically refer to as 'chain migration' is actually family-based immigration - a humane and compassionate policy of reunifying families. It allows spouses to be together, siblings to support each other, and children to be with their parents. It allows the immigrants who are already here to be successful. "
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Parents
Children
Together
" 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
" It is always easier to have somebody to blame, but immigrants are not the cause of the country's economic woes. "
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Always
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" It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen. "
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Took
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" What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all. "
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" Immigrants contribute more than they take. It is a lie that they take public benefits, because they don't qualify for just about every benefit. "
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" Getting a college degree used to be free or low cost because, as a society, we saw providing higher education to young people as an investment - in them and in the future of our own country. "
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" Policy is about real people and real stories, and sometimes we forget that. "
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Sometimes
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" Civil rights icons, famous journalists, big-time movie producers may all have credits to their name that we can recognize and be grateful for, but their record of good works cannot excuse their harassment of women. "
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" If you look at the future of the Democratic Party, things like raising the minimum wage - Democrats need to get behind raising the minimum wage and be clear on where we stand on trade deals. "
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Party
" If someone tells me that something can't be done, that makes me more determined to do it. "
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Someone
More
" 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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Statistics
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" We have to have a planet to pass on to the next generation, and these issues of climate change and climate justice and the disproportionate burdens that communities of color actually bear from our damaging climate is a huge issue. "
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