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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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" 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. "

Pramila Jayapal

Forward

Live

" 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. "

" 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. "

" For immigrant women, the very act of immigration is about opportunity, equality, and freedom. Women immigrants come to America to care for their families, escape gender-based violence, or express their sexual identity. "

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

Pramila Jayapal

Been

Even

" 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 love my district, the 37th Legislative District in Washington State, where I have lived for more than 20 years. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Compromise for compromise sake is never good, unless it is grounded in principles. "

" 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. "

" After 9/11, I had just become an American citizen, and I remember sitting in front of my TV set watching the news of the attacks, in tears. I remember thinking to myself, 'Nothing is ever going to be the same in this country for people who look like me.' "

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

" I have my chops in organizing, and I know how to create political space through movement building. "

" What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all. "

" Diversity is not just about the fact that the pictures look better. I mean, they always do look better! "

" This is the country that we are turning over to young people, and there is going to be no country left at this rate because Trump is destroying the soul of who we are. "

" 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. "

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

" The American people expect their leaders to condemn white supremacy in unambiguous terms. President Trump not only failed at condemning white supremacists and neo-Nazis, he stood up for them - for that, he must be censured. "

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

" 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

Fine

Speak

" It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen. "

Pramila Jayapal

Took

Become

" If there is one thing that resonates for women, it is that regardless of where we come from or what we look like, we want to be fully recognized for the breadth of our contributions. "

" 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. "

" My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter. "

Pramila Jayapal

Appreciate

Language

" I'm an organizer at heart. Organizers know that giving information, being in front of people, talking to people, to build our movement for the kind of country that we see is the most important thing. "

" 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. "

" I usually wake up really early because I keep myself on East Coast time. "

" 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. "