American - Businessman | July 19, 1973 -
Our political system has been bankrupted by the failures of Congress to act in ways that give meaning to the struggles our constituents endure.
Raja Krishnamoorthi
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After Charlottesville, our politics have now borne witness to a U.S. president at times openly defending neo-Nazis and white supremacists before condemning them.
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In some ways, 'decency' is a hazy concept; we know it when we see it.
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The truth is that searching for our commonality instead of our differences could transform our dysfunctional politics.
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Illinois is home to a disproportionate share of Dreamers and would suffer a significant economic blow should they be compelled to leave.
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There's another important reason not to send the Dreamers packing: they are essential to preserving the social insurance programs on which older Americans rely.
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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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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.
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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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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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When our Founding Fathers wrote the historic words 'all men are created equal,' they probably didn't have people like me in mind.
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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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