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Partisan politics is not my passion.
Mail in our country serves as an economic engine.
My parents climbed their way to the middle class.
I'm an immigrant. I came here when I was 3 months old.
Equality as a principle is at the heart of our democracy.
Congress increasingly represents the diversity of America.
China is eating our lunch with regard to renewable energy.
In my experience, union leaders are respected by their members.
Pocketbook and economic issues is pretty much all I campaigned on.
I was always a little skeptical of how voters would react to my name.
In some ways, 'decency' is a hazy concept; we know it when we see it.
Illinois is becoming more diverse, more tolerant, and even more green.
I decided to run for Congress to get and keep people in the middle class.
America works best when we work together to expand the circle of inclusion.
We should never waive the checks on government spending that taxpayers deserve.
I think it's so important we're a nation of laws but also a nation of immigrants.
I think with the right leadership on both sides and the right president, we can get a lot done.
I believe you cannot survive in this global economy without some form of postsecondary education.
A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law.
Whenever the Congress represents the increasing diversity of the United States, that's a good thing.
If I am elected to Congress, I plan to introduce legislation tying Congressional pay to performance.
We need to invest in our crumbling infrastructure to create jobs and remain economically competitive.
We have numerous mandirs, gurudwaras, and mosques in my Congressional district and all across the U.S.
When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust.
Everyone agrees that our immigration system is broken. Building a wall with Mexico isn't going to fix it.
When I was a young child, my parents came to America in search of a better life for them and their family.
In truth, ending DACA will cost us tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity.
We must reject the politics of meanness and contempt that increasingly dominate our airwaves and Internet.
In some ways, political decency is a sign of a healthy democracy, but in other ways, it is the cause of it.
I will not stand for any tax increase for middle class or working Americans. There is no way I will support that.
A porous border is a danger to America's national security, the people who live near it, and to those who cross it.
We must have the strictest adherence to security procedures to protect against compromise by hostile foreign powers.
The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.
My parents found good paying jobs, educated me and my brother in wonderful public schools, and entered the middle class.
Making Congress into a less crisis-driven institution starts with electing members of Congress who can take the long view.
We need to cut unnecessary weapons programs like the F-35 fighter plane that cost trillions of dollars and don't even work.
The American people need to know if public servants are operating in the best interests of the United States or the Kremlin.
I have strong differences with Mr. Trump on a woman's right to choose and what kind of justices belong on the Supreme Court.
If I'm privileged to be elected, I'd be blessed to represent a diverse district, including South Asians and Indian Americans.
I strongly support screening all visitors and potential immigrants thoroughly to prevent bad actors from entering the country.
Losing access to quality and comprehensive coverage, including for prescription drugs, would be devastating to older Americans.
If I am elected to Congress, I will put the interests of our community first, and I will actively seek input and respond to it.
When our Founding Fathers wrote the historic words 'all men are created equal,' they probably didn't have people like me in mind.
Each Dreamer in our country is more than a mere statistic; he or she is a proud American in everything but official documentation.
There's a lot of good, bipartisan legislation that passes in committee and then gets bottled up. As a businessman, it surprised me.
In addition to skyrocketing premiums, Trumpcare also unravels protections that older Americans want and need in their health coverage.
Illinois is home to a disproportionate share of Dreamers and would suffer a significant economic blow should they be compelled to leave.
Our political system has been bankrupted by the failures of Congress to act in ways that give meaning to the struggles our constituents endure.
I've led programs that have helped thousands of individuals, small businesses, veterans, the disabled, farmers get low-interest loans to prosper.
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.