From coast to coast, Indian Americans are running for various congressional, state and local legislative and executive offices.
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Indian American member Pramila Jayapal’s bill seeks strategies to reverse alarming heart disease trend.
House to vote on Indian American lawmaker’s bill later in September.
From Dalip Singh Saund to Kamala Harris, Indian Americans have traveled a long way to become a political force.
Indian American lawmaker Pramila Jayapal leads charge.
Foreign students contribute $45 billion to US economy, support 460,000 jobs.
Barring foreign students taking online-only classes ‘irrational, xenophobic’, say Indian-American and other Democrats.
Call for change in the name of countless black victims of hatred and racism.
Jayapal, who had previously backed Sanders, says she “will do everything” she can to help Biden “win back the White House.”
“The world is watching,” warns Indian American lawmaker as she joins Democratic presidential candidate in condemning violence.
Fiery five bring community and national concerns to the fore.
In a Washington Post oped, the Indian American lawmaker says it is “inappropriate” for a foreign government “to try to dictate” Capitol Hill meetings.
Tulsi Gabbard votes ‘present’—the lone Democrat to do so.
Indian American Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar among lawmakers who voiced concern over Indian actions in Kashmir.
The Washington Democrat meets a group of Kashmiri American constituents and leaders to discuss the situation in Kashmir.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is the latest congressman to support impeachment investigation against the president.
However, with almost half the community still not naturalized, it has “a long way to go,” the Drew University professor says.
Congressmen and civil rights organizations call out Trump for fostering white supremacy; call for gun control.
“Anyone else who did these things would have been prosecuted for them,” says the Washington Democrat.
Many share their childhood experience of having been told “Go back to where you came from.”
She jokes about being “Princess Pramila” and not meeting President Trump.
The landmark College for All Act will eliminate tuition and fees at all public colleges and universities.
The congresswoman says she is speaking about it now because she is “deeply concerned about the intensified efforts to strip choice” and “criminalize abortion.”
Jayapal says the “bill will fund research and analysis to identify solutions to these preventable circumstances and ultimately save more lives.”
Jayapal, Gabbard take oath of office on Bhagavad Gita; Omar, Tlaib sworn in on Quran.