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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jul 30, 2021

Our duty in HHS to provide safe appropriate care for the unaccompanied. We take allegations of wrongdoing seriously and swiftly report allegations not only in the Office of the Inspector -- sorry, I`m, (INAUDIBLE) we take -- we constantly…

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jul 28, 2021

They should know if the people they are being asked to foot the bill for have any conflicts of interest.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jul 28, 2021

I have to say that both Senator Menendez and Mr. Suarez have pointed out how important this bill is to the people of Puerto Rico.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jul 28, 2021

I agree with you. It took a lot for us to acknowledge the situation that Puerto Rico was in and that it could not get into bankruptcy proceedings, so now that it can.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jul 28, 2021

I think it is a very commonsense approach to the concerns that the people of Puerto Rico have...

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Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· Jul 28, 2021

I believe it is imperative that we take these lessons learned and focus on preparing our essential transit workers to ensure they have the tools to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

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Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· Jul 28, 2021

Look, it is critical that we examine ways to improve oversight of the COVID-19 pandemic relief funds while also evaluating the significant impacts that these relief efforts have had on supporting sectors across the country and the economy.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jul 27, 2021

I am always interested to make sure that the local community has a voice in the decisions that are made

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William Tong
@williamtong· CT· Jul 27, 2021

It is my job as a State Attorney General to pursue justice. It is also the job of a U.S. bankruptcy court to do justice.

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William Tong
@williamtong· CT· Jul 27, 2021

That poses a real federalism challenge here and a constitutional problem when a Federal bankruptcy judge purports to dismiss or otherwise eliminate a State's sovereign power to protect its residents.

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William Tong
@williamtong· CT· Jul 27, 2021

The Federal Government is a government of limited powers, and they exercise the powers delegated to it by the states.

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William Tong
@williamtong· CT· Jul 27, 2021

The real problem with granting nonconsensual, non-debtor releases is we will never get to face the Sacklers in court.

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William Tong
@williamtong· CT· Jul 27, 2021

The reason why the number is so small is because the Sacklers have known all along that they can get away with this.

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William Tong
@williamtong· CT· Jul 27, 2021

I am here to urge you to stop the abusive practice known as nonconsensual/non-debtor releases.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jul 26, 2021

I think we would all benefit from the actual measures and outreach efforts that you are engaging in to make sure that our parks really serve our diverse population in this country.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jul 21, 2021

If you are dying today in America from COVID, it's because essentially you're unvaccinated. Why would you want to die?

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Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· Jul 20, 2021

I am very much focused on ensuring that our Service components and the Coast Guard have the tools and the authorities to do just that.

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Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· Jul 19, 2021

We have also directed the Secretary of Defense to look at barriers and obstacles for minorities and women to entry into aviation positions.

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Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· Jul 19, 2021

These significant discrepancies suggest that increased outreach to underrepresented groups could expand the hiring pool.

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Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· Jul 19, 2021

Unfortunately, the aviation workforce in the United States does not reflect the diversity of the Nation as a whole.

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Anthony G. Brown
@anthonygbrown· MD· Jul 19, 2021

It is critical that we continue to work together to develop a robust and diverse aviation workforce.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Jul 11, 2021

What we need to be able to say is this, even if these attorneys can go on television and say what they'd like, or go on social media and lie or even, you know, go to CPAC or some other friendly audience, they cannot go into a court of law…

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Jul 11, 2021

I think that we're likely to be successful but I think the takeaway for me from today is this, you know, you heard each and every one of those attorneys double down on their assertions, right. There was no contrition. There was no…

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