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I was always a little skeptical of how voters would react to my name.
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Pocketbook and economic issues is pretty much all I campaigned on.
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The fact that Barack Hussein Obama became president is historic, to say the least. Actually, to become U.S. senator, that was historic, and then what he did later on - that's what inspired me to think about running for office.
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In terms of what I wanted to do before I got into politics, I was a businessman. I ran a company that makes and sells infrared night vision military technology and solar technology, so I wanted to grow that company and pursue groundbreaking technology in each of those areas.
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Congress increasingly represents the diversity of America.
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If I'm privileged to be elected, I'd be blessed to represent a diverse district, including South Asians and Indian Americans.
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My parents climbed their way to the middle class.
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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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I strongly support screening all visitors and potential immigrants thoroughly to prevent bad actors from entering the country.
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As an immigrant, I am grateful for the tremendous opportunities that this great nation has afforded me and my family. I am also aware of the ongoing challenges that immigrants confront, and understand that respecting law and borders is essential for keeping America strong.
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A porous border is a danger to America's national security, the people who live near it, and to those who cross it.
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I believe you cannot survive in this global economy without some form of postsecondary education.
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As the president of a cutting-edge research and development firm, I deal with the development of solutions to long-term national security and renewable energy problems every day and will bring this same perspective to Congress.
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Making Congress into a less crisis-driven institution starts with electing members of Congress who can take the long view.
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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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Partisan politics is not my passion.
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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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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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We need to invest in our crumbling infrastructure to create jobs and remain economically competitive.
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Ultimately, much of the dysfunction in Congress is due to the impact of big money, which drowns out the voices of working families and leads to the special treatment of special interests.
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Everyone agrees that our immigration system is broken. Building a wall with Mexico isn't going to fix it.
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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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As a party, Democrats must focus on the pocketbook issues that our constituents care about every day when they wake up to go to work, drop off their kids at school, and tuck them into bed at night.
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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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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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While U.S. investments in India are growing, we also need Indian investments in America.
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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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Even people who have successfully obtained a visa are sometimes being turned back at the airport. Such incidents have never happened in the past but are increasing now because even low level officers of the border patrol department are being entrusted with too much discretion power on how they execute the laws.
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Step one of the initial process of getting a non-immigrant visa is tough, renewing it is tough, and then transferring from the status of non-immigrant to immigrant or green card is tough. The only process which is easy is the last part of transferring from green card to citizenship, but getting there is quite a journey.
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When you encounter some form of discrimination or maybe even worse, I urge you to alert others. Regardless of how small the incident is, it has to be brought to the attention of people like me and also the law enforcement agencies.
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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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I've led programs that have helped thousands of individuals, small businesses, veterans, the disabled, farmers get low-interest loans to prosper.
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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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One of the positives of the Illinois delegation is the congressmen and women work together on issues of local concern in a lot of different ways.
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I'm an immigrant. I came here when I was 3 months old.
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I think it's so important we're a nation of laws but also a nation of immigrants.
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China is eating our lunch with regard to renewable energy.
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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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I will not stand for any tax increase for middle class or working Americans. There is no way I will support that.
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