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House of Representatives, Liz Cheney (R–WY), RepublicansJuly 14, 2017

Rep. Liz Cheney: “Lessons of the past” support increased defense spending

Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to read something that Ronald Reagan said back in 1982 on an issue when they were having similar issues […]

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Democrats, House of Representatives, Luis Gutiérrez (D–IL)June 30, 2017

Rep. Luis Gutiérrez: FAIR and allies “want to take our immigration policies back to the 1920s”

It is like DW Griffith might rise up from his grave to film “Rebirth of a Nation–the Sequel” because FAIR [Federation Against American Immigration Reform] […]

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Democrats, House of Representatives, Matt Cartwright (D–PA)June 30, 2017

Rep. Matt Cartwright: Health care tort reform runs afoul of the Magna Carta

Mr. Chairman, here we are dealing with some amount of irony with HR 1215. The year 1215 was the year the Magna Carta was signed, […]

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House of Representatives, Republicans, Steve King (R–IA)June 30, 2017

Rep. Steve King: Magna Carta wasn’t concerned with medical malpractice claims

I thought the gentleman from Pennsylvania’s look at HR 1215 was a really deft way to focus on this and speak about the Magna Carta, […]

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Democrats, House of Representatives, Wm. Lacy Clay (D–MO)June 29, 2017

Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay: Evoking MLK, Philando Castile’s shooter “did not act alone”

I will close with this: a brief teaching from the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the occasion of another needless tragedy, the police […]

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Democrats, House of Representatives, Sheila Jackson-Lee (D–TX)June 29, 2017

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee: Obamacare fulfilled Harry Truman’s promise

In 1949, Harry Truman became the first sitting President to propose universal healthcare for all Americans as part of the “Fair Deal.” On March 23, […]

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Democrats, House of Representatives, Lloyd Doggett (D–TX)June 26, 2017

Rep. Lloyd Doggett: 1990s welfare reform “became welfare for Republican governors”

I believe that we need to be working together to try to find genuine solutions and that working together is not just here in this […]

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House of Representatives, Republicans, Ted Poe (R–TX)June 26, 2017

Rep. Ted Poe: History of Pakistan’s support for terrorist groups goes back to 1980s

There is a laundry list of evidence of Pakistan’s support for terrorist groups, and I think a little more history is in order because this […]

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Democrats, House of Representatives, Jared Huffman (D–CA)June 23, 2017

Rep. Jaren Huffman: Trump wrong on the Hoover Dam, big projects take time

In this statement, Rep. Jared references a Washington Post fact-check which can be found here. A couple of weeks ago, President Trump claimed that projects […]

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Democrats, House of Representatives, Karen Bass (D–CA)June 23, 2017

Rep. Karen Bass: 1990s was the first time women abused drugs as much as men

Ironically, in the 1990s, when the crack cocaine epidemic hit, that was the first time that women started using drugs equal to men. It hadn’t […]

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