Raja Krishnamoorthi Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Raja Krishnamoorthi:

There's a lot of good, bipartisan legislation that passes in committee and then gets bottled up. As a businessman, it surprised me.

I believe you cannot survive in this global economy without some form of postsecondary education.

Raja Krishnamoorthi

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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Our best path to economic growth and global competitiveness is to invest in our people - not to provide huge new tax breaks to special interests.

Raja Krishnamoorthi

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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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 schools, you're further starving the system.

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The possibility that members of the Trump team coordinated and colluded with agents of the Kremlin on Russia's interference in our elections is a profound and disturbing one, but it is pivotal that we approach this issue with the seriousness it deserves.

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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 that can render that official irreparably compromised.

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I decided to run for Congress to get and keep people in the middle class.

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We have numerous mandirs, gurudwaras, and mosques in my Congressional district and all across the U.S.

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A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law.

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When we came to this country, unfortunately, my father lost his job, and we were this close to destitution. We were put on food stamps. We were put in public housing.

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I believe the benefits of tax reform should flow to those who most need them most - hard-pressed working families struggling to reach or stay in the middle class.

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China is eating our lunch with regard to renewable energy.

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Our political system has been bankrupted by the failures of Congress to act in ways that give meaning to the struggles our constituents endure.

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In the private sector, as the president of a small business, my focus has been on driving the growth of our business, not driving any partisan political agenda.

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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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We must have the strictest adherence to security procedures to protect against compromise by hostile foreign powers.

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As a candidate for Congress, I proposed a federal infrastructure bank to help local governments fund badly needed projects, including ones in my district. We need to repair and expand our crumbling transportation systems by creating many good-paying construction jobs.

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I hope that President-elect Trump will drop his unrealistic campaign pledge to deport millions of immigrants who've made their lives in this country and contribute to our country.

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There is too much blind partisanship in Congress, which has blocked progress on critical issues. Too many members view compromise as weakness rather than the essence of our democracy. This has to end.

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Congress increasingly represents the diversity of America.

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In my roles as Deputy State Treasurer and Special Assistant Attorney General, I strove to make government more responsive, transparent, efficient, and proactive.

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In the past, leaders of both parties have been able to reach across the partisan divide. They succeeded by retaining their own humanity and recognizing the same in their political opponents.

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Cutting tax credits for education and training will result in more Americans working at minimum-wage jobs while U.S. companies go begging for the higher-paid skilled workers they need.

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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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When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust.

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America works best when we work together to expand the circle of inclusion.

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Equality as a principle is at the heart of our democracy.

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We should never waive the checks on government spending that taxpayers deserve.

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Working with a Republican co-sponsor, Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, I introduced a bill to strengthen our nation's career and technical education programs and more closely align them with the needs of local businesses and industries.

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In truth, ending DACA will cost us tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity.

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Each Dreamer in our country is more than a mere statistic; he or she is a proud American in everything but official documentation.

Raja Krishnamoorthi

There's a lot of good, bipartisan legislation that passes in committee and then gets bottled up. As a businessman, it surprised me.

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I was always a little skeptical of how voters would react to my name.

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We cannot afford to balance the budget on the backs of America's middle class and seniors and must do what it takes to strengthen Social Security and Medicare, including enabling the government to negotiate the price of prescription drugs.

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It is time to investigate Russian interference in our democracy and to address it in a manner that will help restore Americans' trust in their government.

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