--- title: "Best Pramila Jayapal Sayings" description: "American politician (born 1965)... | Pramila Jayapal is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional di..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-pramila-jayapal-5245.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-pramila-jayapal-5245.jpg) # Pramila Jayapal (1965) Politician **102** quotes in **381** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Pramila Jayapal is a politician. ## Quick Facts About Pramila Jayapal Born September 21, 1965 Profession Politician ## About Pramila Jayapal American politician (born 1965)... \| Pramila Jayapal is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents most of Seattle, as well as some suburban areas of King County. Jayapal represented the 37th legislative district in ## Quotes by Pramila Jayapal · Page 3 > [I am not a woman on Monday, an immigrant on Tuesday, a worker on Wednesday, and a mom on Thursday, I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/i-am-not-a-woman-on-monday-an-immigrant-on-tuesday-a-worker-on/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Fight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/pramila-jayapal-5245_fight_i-am-not-a-woman-on-monday-an-immigrant_483070.jpg) > [Having a strong race lens means you understand racism is threaded through and institutionalized in all of our systems and our very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/having-a-strong-race-lens-means-you-understand-racism-is-threaded/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/pramila-jayapal-5245_perceptions_having-a-strong-race-lens-means-you-unde_939634.jpg) > [Statistics are just a compilation of people's stories put on paper, and legislation is our attempt to address those real challenges for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/statistics-are-just-a-compilation-of-people-s-stories-put-on-paper/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Challenges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/challenges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/pramila-jayapal-5245_challenges_statistics-are-just-a-compilation-of-peo_1776384.jpg) > [I would attend a State of the Union by a president with whom I disagree if I felt she or he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/i-would-attend-a-state-of-the-union-by-a-president-with-whom-i/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Moral values](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moral-values/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/pramila-jayapal-5245_moral-values_i-would-attend-a-state-of-the-union-by-a_186193.jpg) > [For immigrant women, fighting for some of the standard platforms of the women's movement may feel unthinkable when deportation is staring you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/for-immigrant-women-fighting-for-some-of-the-standard-platforms-of/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/pramila-jayapal-5245_day_for-immigrant-women-fighting-for-some-of_2504392.jpg) > [OneAmerica worked over the course of a decade to bring the movement of immigrants and communities of color together with the movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/oneamerica-worked-over-the-course-of-a-decade-to-bring-the-movement/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Equality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equality/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/pramila-jayapal-5245_equality_oneamerica-worked-over-the-course-of-a-d_1693121.jpg) > [We the people are sick and tired of the criminalization of immigrants, sick to our hearts to see Trump's family separation policies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/we-the-people-are-sick-and-tired-of-the-criminalization-of-immigrants/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/pramila-jayapal-5245_country_we-the-people-are-sick-and-tired-of-the_3068200.jpg) > [After 9/11, I had just become an American citizen, and I remember sitting in front of my TV set watching the news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/after-9-11-i-had-just-become-an-american-citizen-and-i-remember/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/pramila-jayapal-5245_american_after-9-11-i-had-just-become-an-american_1314148.jpg) > [Districts are really different across the country, but the more that people on the progressive Left show power at the ballot box…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/districts-are-really-different-across-the-country-but-the-more-that/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/pramila-jayapal-5245_country_districts-are-really-different-across-th_609312.jpg) > [We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right, no matter what others may say. And sometimes, if that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/we-can-never-be-afraid-to-stand-up-for-what-is-right-no-matter-what/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/light/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/pramila-jayapal-5245_light_we-can-never-be-afraid-to-stand-up-for-w_2996080.jpg) > [If there is one thing that resonates for women, it is that regardless of where we come from or what we look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/if-there-is-one-thing-that-resonates-for-women-it-is-that-regardless/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/pramila-jayapal-5245_come_if-there-is-one-thing-that-resonates-for_1198870.jpg) > [The immigration system is broken and it needs to be fixed. And it needs to be fixed comprehensively, because this country depends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/the-immigration-system-is-broken-and-it-needs-to-be-fixed-and-it/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/pramila-jayapal-5245_broken_the-immigration-system-is-broken-and-it_2430554.jpg) > [As difficult as my story is, it's nothing compared to the people I've worked with. And so I just want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/as-difficult-as-my-story-is-it-s-nothing-compared-to-the-people-i-ve/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a88/pramila-jayapal-5245_america_as-difficult-as-my-story-is-it-s-nothing_638411.jpg) > [When bosses, leaders, and powerful men and women ignore or deny the accounts of harassment victims, they reinforce the idea that harassers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/when-bosses-leaders-and-powerful-men-and-women-ignore-or-deny-the/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61d/pramila-jayapal-5245_feminism_when-bosses-leaders-and-powerful-men-and_2781344.jpg) > [There's nothing normal about graduating with massive student debt, where you live in fear of predatory debt collectors and wage garnishers even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/there-s-nothing-normal-about-graduating-with-massive-student-debt/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/pramila-jayapal-5245_fear_there-s-nothing-normal-about-graduating_897039.jpg) > [If you look at the future of the Democratic Party, things like raising the minimum wage - Democrats need to get behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/if-you-look-at-the-future-of-the-democratic-party-things-like-raising/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Democratic party](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democratic-party/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/pramila-jayapal-5245_democratic-party_if-you-look-at-the-future-of-the-democra_2953437.jpg) > [I actually had a number of different careers. I worked on Wall Street; I was a Master's in Business. I left that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/i-actually-had-a-number-of-different-careers-i-worked-on-wall-street/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/pramila-jayapal-5245_business_i-actually-had-a-number-of-different-car_1116005.jpg) > [We need to expand the idea of choice to be about all the choices we make in our lives: including which country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/we-need-to-expand-the-idea-of-choice-to-be-about-all-the-choices-we/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Choice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc1/pramila-jayapal-5245_choice_we-need-to-expand-the-idea-of-choice-to_1091799.jpg) > [My message to women - including women of color - stand strong. Refuse to be minimized or patronized. Let all the small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/my-message-to-women-including-women-of-color-stand-strong-refuse-to/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Color](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/color/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/pramila-jayapal-5245_color_my-message-to-women-including-women-of-c_2100424.jpg) > [I'm an organizer at heart. Organizers know that giving information, being in front of people, talking to people, to build our movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/i-m-an-organizer-at-heart-organizers-know-that-giving-information/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aef/pramila-jayapal-5245_country_i-m-an-organizer-at-heart-organizers-kno_1780634.jpg) > [Trump has hated Amazon for a long time, and I think that that came out in many interviews that he's done with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/trump-has-hated-amazon-for-a-long-time-and-i-think-that-that-came-out/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/pramila-jayapal-5245_hated_trump-has-hated-amazon-for-a-long-time-a_241821.jpg) > [Certainly there are many Congress members who have been arrested in the past on immigration issues and will continue to because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/certainly-there-are-many-congress-members-who-have-been-arrested-in/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/pramila-jayapal-5245_continue_certainly-there-are-many-congress-member_968714.jpg) ## Pramila Jayapal by topic [Immigration (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/immigration/pramila-jayapal/) [Country (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/pramila-jayapal/) [People (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/pramila-jayapal/) [Women (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/pramila-jayapal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/#itemlist", "name": "Pramila Jayapal Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am 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