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Pramila Jayapal

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Pramila Jayapal is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she is notable for being the first South Asian woman elected to the U.S. Congress. Throughout her tenure, Jayapal has focused on issues such as healthcare reform, immigration, and social justice, advocating for policies that aim to improve the lives of her constituents and promote equity across the nation.

Quotes by year · 2017–20261,305 total · peak 2021 (350)
2017: 63 quotes2018: 39 quotes2019: 297 quotes2020: 110 quotes2021: 350 quotes2022: 106 quotes2023: 159 quotes2024: 59 quotes2025: 60 quotes2026: 62 quotes
Nov 18, 2021

I told you we`d get it done and we`re going to get it done.

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Nov 16, 2021

This is the bill that delivers on climate.

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Nov 16, 2021

It is the president`s agenda. It`s the Democratic agenda. And most importantly, it is about humanity.

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Nov 16, 2021

We need Joe Manchin. We need Kyrsten Sinema. We need all the progressives. We need everybody. That`s just the reality of where we are.

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Nov 16, 2021

The infrastructure bill really is a big deal. Trump said for four years that he was going to get infrastructure done. He never got infrastructure done. President Biden has gotten infrastructure done.

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Nov 15, 2021

This Build Back Better Act, this is the bill that really takes on climate change.

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Nov 15, 2021

The whole Build Back Better Act is about lowering costs for American families, about giving people more opportunity, about providing universal child care, pre-k, so much more.

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Nov 15, 2021

This is President Biden’s victory. It is a massive win for him.

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Nov 15, 2021

The Build Back Better Act is the president’s agenda. And the progressive caucus has been fighting so hard for months to make sure that we get that agenda across the finish line.

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Nov 15, 2021

Forced arbitration for sexual assault and harassment is a lose-lose scenario, and we are going to do everything we can to pass this bill and to protect women.

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Nov 15, 2021

I am a very proud co-lead of this bill, the bipartisan, bicameral legislation, the Ending Forced Arbitration for Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act.

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Nov 9, 2021

Negotiation is always tough, but there is a moment where you just have to decide, whether it is going to get you close enough to what`s the original prize was.

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Nov 9, 2021

I believe and I`ll tell you they made a commitment to me one-on-one, they made a written statement, they also made a commitment to the president, that they did not believe any information would change substantially from what had already…

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Nov 9, 2021

I think we`re going to be fine.

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Nov 5, 2021

Because her caucus has gotten those assurances, they will now move forward to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill as well as vote on the rule there.

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Nov 4, 2021

But I do believe that this is too important to people across this country, to the Democratic Party, to the president for anyone to vote against this once it goes to the Senate.

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Nov 3, 2021

Not a single Republican voted for the American Rescue Plan.

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Nov 3, 2021

Well, look, I mean, we have said for some time that this was a deal that was negotiated by the president himself and Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema, and that we would trust the president that he was confident that he could get 51 votes.

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Nov 3, 2021

We are now down to really just a handful of people. And I have every hope that we will quickly finish this and we will be able to pass both bills out of the House and send them over to the Senate.

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Nov 3, 2021

I do not think that Ms. Pineiro, or I, or any other person who makes this constitutionally-protected choice should be traumatized by being called a murderer.

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Nov 3, 2021

I start with the Constitution, and I start with the Constitutional right that I have to make choices about my own body.

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Nov 2, 2021

You know, I talked to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal earlier, she said that, you know, what happened last night in ballot boxes is not indicative of what may happen or it's not going to definitely predict what's going to happen in the…

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Nov 2, 2021

I have faith in Joe Biden and I have faith in Democrats to deliver both of these bills.

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Nov 2, 2021

We have been working to pass the President's Build Back Better agenda. This is not some far left agenda. This is the President's agenda that he came down to Capitol Hill and unveiled to us in February, and we're so proud of his leadership.

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Nov 2, 2021

We are the ones that are looking to pass universal childcare and universal pre-K, to cut prescription drug costs.

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