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. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
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… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
We don't get a more responsive government unless we start to systematically run organizing campaigns to change the way government works. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
I would attend a State of the Union by a president with whom I disagree if I felt she or he was otherwise respectful… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
I've always believed that immigration is really about who we are as a country and what we're willing to stand up for. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
Individuals whose asylum claims have been accepted have gone on to become professors, soldiers in our military, artists, and more. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
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'… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
When I was a little girl, my dad always said to me that I was going to be this great businesswoman, that I was… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
When women are told that sexual harassment is 'part of the job' or when assistants of both sexes enable harassing behavior, they have bought… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
I'm not a complainer. I'm a doer. So if I see something is wrong, then I feel like I have to get in there… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
As we say we fight for working people, we have to make sure our policies reflect that. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
The vast majority of immigrants - regardless of the conditions of war and poverty that may wrack their home countries - come and contribute… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share
