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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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" 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. "

Pramila Jayapal

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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. "

" History has always judged silence and complicity harshly in these times of moral consequence. "

" When women are told that sexual harassment is 'part of the job' or when assistants of both sexes enable harassing behavior, they have bought into the culture that says such behavior is not just permissible, it is a desirable expression of power. "

" We have to remember that disagreeing with people is fine; it is dehumanizing people that is not, and when that happens, we have to be ready to speak up. "

Pramila Jayapal

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Speak

" I've been told to go back to my country so many times, I can't even count. "

Pramila Jayapal

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Even

" I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. "

" Profiting from student loans is usury, and we just can't continue to allow it. "

" Can you be a progressive if you're anti-immigrant but pro-choice? No! "

" 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. "

Pramila Jayapal

Life

Good

" President Trump has harnessed the fear and prejudice that have accompanied every wave of immigrants in United States history, and stoked those fears to further his own agenda. "

" I became an immigrant, civil and human rights advocate, then the first South Asian elected to the Washington State Legislature and the only woman of color in the Washington State Senate, and then was elected in 2016 to the United States Congress. "

" I like to have my cup of green tea. "

Pramila Jayapal

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" I've always believed that immigration is really about who we are as a country and what we're willing to stand up for. "

" I like being on a plane with no phone service because I get so much work done. "

Pramila Jayapal

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" We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter what others may say. And sometimes, if that means taking a lonely road, if what we are standing for is true, then perhaps moonlight or sunshine will light our way and make it less lonely. "

" I was on the committee that helped raise the minimum wage here in Seattle. I introduced a statewide bill to raise the minimum wage in Washington state my first year in the state senate, and I really believe that raising the federal minimum wage, while not the answer to everything, addresses a lot of the issues at the very bottom. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Immigration is about more than just who comes here and who is allowed to stay. It is about who we are as a country and what we are willing to stand up for. "

" We don't get a more responsive government unless we start to systematically run organizing campaigns to change the way government works. "

" We are a country that has always been known for providing opportunities to people. We have lost a lot of that opportunity. "

" 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. "

" I've always thought of the United States as a place where so much was possible and so many opportunities were out there. "

" I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People who think that the immigration system is easy and people should just apply legally - it just isn't that easy. "

" Statistics are just a compilation of people's stories put on paper, and legislation is our attempt to address those real challenges for people. "