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Pramila Jayapal
American
Politician
Born:
Sep 21
,
1965
Because
Country
Me
People
Women
You
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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.
Pramila Jayapal
Sunshine
Sometimes
Light
Matter
Will
Lonely
Others
Our
Way
Say
Moonlight
Never
Road
Taking
True
Perhaps
Make
Up
May
Afraid
Then
Means
Stand
Stand Up
Less
Standing
Right
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.
Pramila Jayapal
Game
Women
Rest
Men
Men And Women
Fall
Bosses
Leaders
Idea
Powerful
Line
Deny
Accounts
Victims
Us
Should
Harassment
Ignore
Reinforce
Playing
History has always judged silence and complicity harshly in these times of moral consequence.
Pramila Jayapal
Silence
History
Harshly
Moral
Complicity
Judged
Always
Times
Consequence
I like to have my cup of green tea.
Pramila Jayapal
Tea
Like
Cup
Green
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.
Pramila Jayapal
Listening
Radical
Other
Progressives
Appropriate
About
Rather
Tactics
Arguing
Employ
Than
Whether
Each
Start
Need
I'm the first South Asian woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.
Pramila Jayapal
Woman
First
House
House Of Representatives
South
Representatives
Asian
Elected
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.
Pramila Jayapal
Immigration
Country
Willing
Stay
About
More
Allowed
Up
Than
Just
Stand
Stand Up
Who
Here
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.
Pramila Jayapal
Work
Best
Morning
Before
Best Work
Edit
Comments
Get
Done
Happens
Really
Speeches
I like being on a plane with no phone service because I get so much work done.
Pramila Jayapal
Work
Service
Phone
Like
Because
Get
Done
Being
Plane
Much
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.
Pramila Jayapal
Respect
Disagree
Values
President
Otherwise
State
Respectful
Moral
Would
Moral Values
Civility
He
Attend
She
Felt
Union
Whom
Basic
I am grateful for my family, friends, and all those who send constant love and support - you are my energy and my hope. You teach me, love me even when I'm wrong, and let me ride the challenges and come out whole.
Pramila Jayapal
Love
Hope
Family
Me
You
Love Me
Challenges
Grateful
Ride
Energy
Those
Out
Constant
Wrong
Support
Come
Am
Friends
Send
Teach
Who
Whole
Even
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.
Pramila Jayapal
Culture
Women
Behavior
Job
Power
Says
Sexes
Sexual
Both
Part
Bought
Enable
Permissible
Women Are
Just
Harassment
Expression
Assistants
Desirable
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.
Pramila Jayapal
Family
Tired
People
Country
Separation
Sick
Sick And Tired
Our
Immigrants
See
Rip
Policies
Trump
Families
Hearts
Apart
Across
Trump can embrace dictators and gulags, but we the people stand for human rights, for dignity, for keeping families together.
Pramila Jayapal
Together
Rights
Dignity
People
Human Rights
Embrace
Trump
Dictators
Families
Human
Stand
Keeping
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.
Pramila Jayapal
Time
Mom
Woman
Fight
Monday
Those
Immigrant
Wednesday
Thursday
Am
Going
Tuesday
Worker
Things
Every hour that goes by with family separation policies in effect is another hour that mothers weep thinking of their children, another hour that kids are fearfully wondering where their parents have been taken, another hour that trauma deepens.
Pramila Jayapal
Family
Parents
Separation
Every
Thinking
Kids
Weep
Taken
Hour
Policies
Another
Mothers
Been
Effect
Goes
Wondering
Where
Children
Trauma
Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it.
Pramila Jayapal
Beautiful
Sometimes
Out
Emerges
Something
Terrible
Happen
Really
Things
Things Happen
What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all.
Pramila Jayapal
Great
Commitment
Opportunity
Values
Our
Makes
America
As an immigrant, I have lived, in a way, the American dream, and I want to make sure that opportunity is available for everybody.
Pramila Jayapal
Opportunity
Everybody
Way
Immigrant
Dream
Make
Sure
American
American Dream
Want
Available
Lived
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.
Pramila Jayapal
You
Fear
Before
Asylum
Border
Seekers
Seeking
Had
Prosecuted
Come
Hearing
Precedent
Being
Really
Illegal
Credible
My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table.
Pramila Jayapal
Work
Democracy
You
People
Big
Table
Properly
Only
Idea
Truly
Big Idea
Representative
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
Good
Corruption
Power
Rich
Congress
President
States
Those
Anchors
Members
TV
Must
Most
Judges
Exert
How
Famous
Decide
Whether
Hollywood
Who
United
United States
I have my chops in organizing, and I know how to create political space through movement building.
Pramila Jayapal
Political
Space
Building
Through
Know
How
Movement
Create
Organizing
Chops
My mother, with a Master's in English Literature, taught me to appreciate language and that words matter.
Pramila Jayapal
Me
Words
Mother
Matter
Language
Master
Taught
Literature
English
English Literature
Appreciate
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.
Pramila Jayapal
Country
Everyone
Jobs
Economic
No Question
Good-Paying
Make
Sure
Deal
Inequality
Question
Across
Need
I am on the side of the working person across the country.
Pramila Jayapal
Country
Side
Am
Person
Working
Across
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