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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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" 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. "

Pramila Jayapal

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Corruption

Famous

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

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

Pramila Jayapal

Done

Work

" 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

" 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. "

" I am on the side of the working person across the country. "

" The vast majority of immigrants - regardless of the conditions of war and poverty that may wrack their home countries - come and contribute to their new home country: building our roads, caring for our homes, children, and elders, and serving as doctors, lawyers, employers, and innovators. "

" 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. "

" Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud. "

" 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. "

" As an immigrant, I have lived, in a way, the American dream, and I want to make sure that opportunity is available for everybody. "

" Before running for the Washington State Senate in 2014, I had spent 20 years as an activist. I had always believed that we needed to push for change on the outside, through community organizing and advocacy. "

" 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. "

" I want to remind women of color out there to stand your ground, and don't ever be afraid to speak up. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Ripping children away from their parents has a particular shameful history, both in this country and around the world. "

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

" 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

" 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? "

Pramila Jayapal

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Time

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "