Congress Quote by Raja Krishnamoorthi

“If I am elected to Congress, I plan to introduce legislation tying Congressional pay to performance.” quote by Raja Krishnamoorthi — Download Open image

“If I am elected to Congress, I plan to introduce legislation tying Congressional pay to performance.”

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Our country's history is a generation-spanning journey to effectuate the notion that 'all men are created equal' for the members of our ever-expanding national family: women, African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, gays and lesbians, the disabled, immigrants, and refugees.

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Mail enables businesses to deliver vital services and products, including medication, and allows these same businesses to receive payments in a timely way.

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Donald Trump will become president even after losing the popular vote in our November elections by a wide margin. To govern effectively, he must…

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We need to cut unnecessary weapons programs like the F-35 fighter plane that cost trillions of dollars and don't even work.

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I think that what is really important is that, at the grassroots level, Indian-Americans really engage in the political process. That means voting and volunteering and assisting candidates who support the agenda that is friendly to their values.

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If I'm privileged to be elected, I'd be blessed to represent a diverse district, including South Asians and Indian Americans.

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We must reject the politics of meanness and contempt that increasingly dominate our airwaves and Internet.

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My parents climbed their way to the middle class.

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So many of our businesses rely on green card holders - how are we supposed to attract these people if they think they'll be…

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I'm a product of public schools. They are resource-challenged, and when you take those dollars away from public schools and send them to private…

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When a foreign adversary knows that an American official has deceived or withheld vital information from our government, it creates a fundamental counterintelligence vulnerability…

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I am hopeful that both India and U.S.A. would be able to expand their counter-terror partnership through wider intelligence sharing and effective coordination.

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