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" Statistics are just a compilation of people's stories put on paper, and legislation is our attempt to address those real challenges for people. "
Pramila Jayapal
Real
Statistics
People
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" Corporations and special interests have their voice in Congress, and they have too many members scared of their power. What Congress needs is a progressive voice who is unafraid to take on these powerful interests - who is willing to fight for all Americans, not just the wealthiest 1 percent. "
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" I have a little yoga ritual that I do just to move my body around. Whatever I do, it's usually very fast because often I don't have the kind of time that I would like to. "
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" OneAmerica worked over the course of a decade to bring the movement of immigrants and communities of color together with the movement for marriage equality in Washington. "
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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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" We are a country that has always been known for providing opportunities to people. We have lost a lot of that opportunity. "
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Lost
Opportunity
People
" Those who have the most power - whether famous TV anchors, rich Hollywood moguls, judges, Members of Congress, or the president of the United States - must decide how to exert that power: for corruption or for good. "
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" We need to incentivize states across our country to spend on higher education and ensure that we go back to allowing people to go to college tuition-free. "
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Education
People
" 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
" I have my chops in organizing, and I know how to create political space through movement building. "
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Building
Create
" Can you be a progressive if you're anti-immigrant but pro-choice? No! "
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Pro-Choice
You
Progressive
" I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight. "
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Young
Country
Feel
" I like being on a plane with no phone service because I get so much work done. "
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Done
Work
Like
" We the people are sick and tired of the criminalization of immigrants, sick to our hearts to see Trump's family separation policies rip families apart across our country. "
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People
Immigrants
Sick
" I never thought I would run for office. "
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Never
Would
Thought
" 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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Game
Women
Fall
" I have an incredibly supportive family. "
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Supportive
Family
Incredibly
" 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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Morning
Get
Done
" Certainly there are many Congress members who have been arrested in the past on immigration issues and will continue to because we all understand that staying silent is not an option. "
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Silent
Past
Immigration
" 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
" My message to women - including women of color - stand strong. Refuse to be minimized or patronized. Let all the small guys out there be intimidated by you. "
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Small
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Strong
" Individuals whose asylum claims have been accepted have gone on to become professors, soldiers in our military, artists, and more. "
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Become
Gone
Soldiers
" Rather than name-calling and arguing about whether it is appropriate or not to employ radical tactics, we progressives need to start listening to each other. "
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Arguing
Listening
Need
" My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter. "
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Me
Appreciate
Language
" 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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Moral
Civility
" Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it. "
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Out
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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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Story
World
Opportunity
" When I was a little girl, my dad always said to me that I was going to be this great businesswoman, that I was going to be the CEO of IBM. So that's what I came into the world thinking, that I was going to go into the business world and make my mark there. "
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