Pramila Jayapal : (5)

" Certainly there are many Congress members who have been arrested in the past on immigration issues and will continue to because we all understand that staying silent is not an option. " - Pramila Jayapal

" My message to women – including women of color – stand strong. Refuse to be minimized or patronized. Let all the small guys out there be intimidated by you. " - 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 account, and they used it all to send me here because they truly believed that this country was where I was going to get the best education and have the best opportunities. " - Pramila Jayapal

" 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 States Congress. " - Pramila Jayapal

" Districts are really different across the country, but the more that people on the progressive Left show power at the ballot box – and reclassify some of the ideas that we’ve called ‘progressive,’ but that are really mainstream ideas, like college for all – the better. " - Pramila Jayapal