I became an immigrant, civil and human rights advocate, then the first South Asian elected to the Washington State Legislature and the only woman of color in the Washington State Senate, and then was elected in 2016 to the United… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Individuals whose asylum claims have been accepted have gone on to become professors, soldiers in our military, artists, and more. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
I feel like young people, more than anyone in the country, always have their moral compass on perfectly straight. — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
