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" When the chair of an investigating committee refuses to share vital findings or source information with any of his colleagues, his committee's ability to function has been fundamentally undermined. "

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" Our country's history is a generation-spanning journey to effectuate the notion that 'all men are created equal' for the members of our ever-expanding national family: women, African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, gays and lesbians, the disabled, immigrants, and refugees. "

Raja Krishnamoorthi

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" If I am elected to Congress, I plan to introduce legislation tying Congressional pay to performance. "

" If I am elected to Congress, I will put the interests of our community first, and I will actively seek input and respond to it. "

" Equality as a principle is at the heart of our democracy. "

" As an immigrant, I am grateful for the tremendous opportunities that this great nation has afforded me and my family. I am also aware of the ongoing challenges that immigrants confront, and understand that respecting law and borders is essential for keeping America strong. "

" I think with the right leadership on both sides and the right president, we can get a lot done. "

" In some ways, 'decency' is a hazy concept; we know it when we see it. "

" When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust. "

" I believe the benefits of tax reform should flow to those who most need them most - hard-pressed working families struggling to reach or stay in the middle class. "

" Even people who have successfully obtained a visa are sometimes being turned back at the airport. Such incidents have never happened in the past but are increasing now because even low level officers of the border patrol department are being entrusted with too much discretion power on how they execute the laws. "

" China is eating our lunch with regard to renewable energy. "

" In the past, leaders of both parties have been able to reach across the partisan divide. They succeeded by retaining their own humanity and recognizing the same in their political opponents. "

" A high school diploma will no longer be sufficient. But that post secondary education does not have to be a four-year university or a four-year college. It can be career technical education, vocational education, community college. "

" Trumpcare would be devastating for millions of American families, but perhaps no one will bear the brunt of its cruelty more than older Americans. "

" America works best when we work together to expand the circle of inclusion. "

" There's a lot of good, bipartisan legislation that passes in committee and then gets bottled up. As a businessman, it surprised me. "

Raja Krishnamoorthi

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" I hope that President-elect Trump will drop his unrealistic campaign pledge to deport millions of immigrants who've made their lives in this country and contribute to our country. "

" The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics. "

" In truth, ending DACA will cost us tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity. "

Raja Krishnamoorthi

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" For too long, people in Washington and Congress point fingers at each other, even as millions of middle-class Americans remain unemployed and our economy continues to sputter. They must realize that we are all in this together, and I respectfully submit that the best way to remind Congress of this is to tie their pay to their collective results. "

" We cannot afford to balance the budget on the backs of America's middle class and seniors and must do what it takes to strengthen Social Security and Medicare, including enabling the government to negotiate the price of prescription drugs. "

" When a foreign adversary knows that an American official has deceived or withheld vital information from our government, it creates a fundamental counterintelligence vulnerability that can render that official irreparably compromised. "

" Every night at dinner, my father would say something about the greatness of the United States - and tell us to make sure the government is there for the next people who come along and need it. "

" After Charlottesville, our politics have now borne witness to a U.S. president at times openly defending neo-Nazis and white supremacists before condemning them. "