Pramila Jayapal

Can you be a progressive if you're anti-immigrant but pro-choice? No!

— Pramila Jayapal

I have an incredibly supportive family.

— Pramila Jayapal

I never thought I would run for office.

— Pramila Jayapal

I like to have my cup of green tea.

— Pramila Jayapal

It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen.

— Pramila Jayapal

Racism, sexism, and age-ism are all alive and well in the U.S. House.

— Pramila Jayapal

Some people have called me the anti-Trump, and I'm so proud.

— Pramila Jayapal

I am on the side of the working person across the country.

— Pramila Jayapal

Compromise for compromise sake is never good, unless it is grounded in principles.

— Pramila Jayapal

We are a country that has always been known for providing opportunities to people. We have lost a lot of that opportunity.

— Pramila Jayapal

As an immigrant, I have lived, in a way, the American dream, and I want to make sure that opportunity is available…

— Pramila Jayapal

Trump can embrace dictators and gulags, but we the people stand for human rights, for dignity, for keeping families together.

— Pramila Jayapal

I have my chops in organizing, and I know how to create political space through movement building.

— Pramila Jayapal

Profiting from student loans is usury, and we just can't continue to allow it.

— Pramila Jayapal

Diversity is not just about the fact that the pictures look better. I mean, they always do look better!

— Pramila Jayapal

Ripping children away from their parents has a particular shameful history, both in this country and around the world.

— Pramila Jayapal

Immigrants contribute more than they take. It is a lie that they take public benefits, because they don't qualify for just about…

— Pramila Jayapal

When I was a little girl, my dad always said to me that I was going to be this great businesswoman, that…

— Pramila Jayapal

Getting a college degree used to be free or low cost because, as a society, we saw providing higher education to young…

— Pramila Jayapal

Rather than name-calling and arguing about whether it is appropriate or not to employ radical tactics, we progressives need to start listening…

— Pramila Jayapal

There is no question that we, as a country, need to deal with economic inequality across the country, and we need to…

— Pramila Jayapal

I came to the United States by myself when I was 16 years old. My parents had about $5,000 in their bank…

— Pramila Jayapal

Every hour that goes by with family separation policies in effect is another hour that mothers weep thinking of their children, another…

— Pramila Jayapal

For immigrant women, the very act of immigration is about opportunity, equality, and freedom. Women immigrants come to America to care for…

— Pramila Jayapal

The fact that the immigration issue was the first thing Trump took aim at was a good thing for me, because it's…

— Pramila Jayapal

There were not that many people who were willing to come out and stand up for Muslims or stand up against the…

— Pramila Jayapal

We [Americans] really need a system that comprehensively looks at the fact that we need these workers in the United States, we…

— Pramila Jayapal

I was on the committee that helped raise the minimum wage here in Seattle. I introduced a statewide bill to raise the…

— Pramila Jayapal

Corporations and special interests have their voice in Congress, and they have too many members scared of their power. What Congress needs…

— Pramila Jayapal

Fundamentally, I've always been a fan of actually looking at our whole state tax system and really figuring out how we reform…

— Pramila Jayapal

The vast majority of immigrants - regardless of the conditions of war and poverty that may wrack their home countries - come…

— Pramila Jayapal

Gays and lesbians gained rights in this country though activism and organizing, creating political space and demanding change so that lawmakers and…

— Pramila Jayapal

We must be clear: Donald Trump is lying when he conflates immigrants coming across the border with MS-13 gangs.

— Pramila Jayapal

If someone tells me that something can't be done, that makes me more determined to do it.

— Pramila Jayapal

My big idea is that democracy can only work properly if you have truly representative people at the table.

— Pramila Jayapal

Individuals whose asylum claims have been accepted have gone on to become professors, soldiers in our military, artists, and more.

— Pramila Jayapal

What makes America great is our commitment to our values of inclusivity and opportunity for all.

— Pramila Jayapal

We don't get a more responsive government unless we start to systematically run organizing campaigns to change the way government works.

— Pramila Jayapal

We on the Left are very good at criticizing people, but we need to build the base to pull people to the…

— Pramila Jayapal

Policy is about real people and real stories, and sometimes we forget that.

— Pramila Jayapal