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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
Mar 6, 2024

This diluted thinking found its way into State policies that discouraged institutions from supporting students of color.

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Jan 17, 2024

However, Republicans won't agree to that. Why? Because it would help make the situation at the border better, and they don't want that under any circumstance. They would rather continue the cruelty: The cruelty of seeing migrants fleeing…

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Jan 10, 2024

I want to clarify that undocumented immigrants and documented immigrants contribute to the U.S. economy.

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Jan 10, 2024

In H.R. 2 it would eliminate the Uniting for Ukraine Program. I have an amendment to keep that in and Republicans voted against it.

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Jan 10, 2024

Despite the title of this hearing and the claims by the majority, immigrants are a huge engine of economic growth for the American economy.

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Jan 10, 2024

Any indications that they do not is excluding the contributions of undocumented immigrants as well as documented immigrants.

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Dec 12, 2023

Through their collective power, unionized workers have secured record contracts that have dramatically raised wages and increased benefits.

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Dec 12, 2023

Unionization is fundamentally about workplace democracy, about the right to organize and that worker power helps not just workers, but our whole economy.

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Dec 12, 2023

This June, the NLRB issued a pro-worker decision that rightfully reversed a Trump era policy that allowed companies to misclassify their employees as independent contractors.

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Dec 12, 2023

The administration has created over 14 million jobs, kept unemployment under 4 percent for the longest time in nearly 50 years, and delivered the most pro-worker agenda in modern history.

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Dec 12, 2023

It is unacceptable that my Republican colleagues want to chip away at these pro-worker policies, and it is our duty to stand with workers who buildup our economy.

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Dec 6, 2023

I just have to end with this. Just a few weeks ago, Congressman Chip Roy stood on the floor of this Chamber and called for his fellow Republican colleagues to ``come explain to me one material, meaningful significant thing the Republican…

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Dec 4, 2023

I think we have to remember that Israel is a democracy, that is why they are a strong ally of ours, and if they do not comply with international humanitarian law, they are bringing themselves to a place that makes it much more difficult…

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Dec 4, 2023

Let me be completely clear that I unequivocally condemn Hamas's use of rape and sexual violence as an act of war.

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Nov 13, 2023

I and many of my colleagues staunchly oppose those efforts.

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Nov 13, 2023

The American people I think would be shocked to learn that, despite overseeing a bigger economy with more companies and more mergers, the Antitrust Division has been operating today with half the staff that the Carter Administration had in…

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Nov 13, 2023

I worked with Ranking Member Nadler to send a letter yesterday urging the White House Counsel's office to integrate competition-related questions into the administration's judicial vetting process.

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Nov 13, 2023

I am proud that we are doing what we can to put antitrust considerations front and center.

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Nov 7, 2023

I hope we speak out against anti-Semitism everywhere that we see it, not just in certain places.

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Nov 7, 2023

When the former President and 2024 Republican Presidential frontrunner, Donald Trump, fanned the flames of anti-Semitism...

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Nov 7, 2023

Anti-Semitism is wrong. I have consistently spoken out against it.

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Oct 28, 2023

We need to be able to question where U.S. taxpayer dollars are going and what accountability the United States has in ensuring, for example, that when the president calls for Israel to adhere to the international laws of war, that they…

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Oct 28, 2023

We are losing credibility. And, frankly, we're being isolated in the rest of the world.

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Oct 28, 2023

I want President Biden to be the next president.

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