Raja Krishnamoorthi Quotes

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Profession : Businessman

Birth : July 19, 1973

Donald Trump will become president even after losing the popular vote in our November elections by a wide margin. To govern effectively, he must appeal to a broader base than what he campaigned on and avoid the divisive rhetoric that alienated so many Americans.

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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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I have strong differences with Mr. Trump on a woman's right to choose and what kind of justices belong on the Supreme Court.

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

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When I was a young child, my parents came to America in search of a better life for them and their family.

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My parents found good paying jobs, educated me and my brother in wonderful public schools, and entered the middle class.

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I'm looking forward to going to Congress to pursue my Working Families Agenda and find areas of bipartisan agreement to move forward on important legislation.

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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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Following well-established national security screening procedures and accurately informing Congress about them is not a joke or a political game. It is essential to guaranteeing that our national secrets are protected and to preventing possible blackmailing of key administration officials.

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Before I was elected to Congress, I helped to create the public corruption unit in the office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Unfortunately, business was good. Among the usual suspects were government contracts steered to insiders - leaving Illinois taxpayers holding the bag.

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

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As a small-business man myself, I believe strongly that improving the health of small businesses is the key to improving the economy, growing the middle class, and creating innovative products and services.

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One of the best programs that the federal government sponsors is the Small Business Innovation Research program, in which more than 2.5 percent of federal research and development funding at the largest agencies goes directly to small businesses.

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In my experience, union leaders are respected by their members.

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Illinois is large, but we do not always receive our fair share of federal resources because our leadership is often divided. When we all row together, good things happen.

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Illinois is becoming more diverse, more tolerant, and even more green.

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Mail in our country serves as an economic engine.

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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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So many of our businesses rely on green card holders - how are we supposed to attract these people if they think they'll be detained at the airport if they go abroad for a wedding or just to show their baby to relatives?

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