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Glenn Thompson
@glennthompson· Republican · PA· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Speaker, June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month. Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. There is no effective treatment, no means of prevention, and no method for slowing the progression of the…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-15
Tulsi Gabbard
@tulsigabbard· Democratic · HI· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Speaker, 6 years ago today, DACA provided a shining light for hundreds of thousands of young Dreamers from all across this country to come out from the shadows and live freely without fear in a nation that for many has been the only…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-15
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
@debbiewassermanschultz· Democratic · FL· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Speaker, President Trump's cruel attempt to sabotage affordable healthcare access for more than 130 million Americans is inhumane and, mark my words, deadly. If Trump has his way, anyone who has survived or lives with cancer, asthma…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chair, again, let me indicate that I appreciate the gentleman's concern. I am concerned that simply a negligence standard would be the standard for judging a defendant under this particular amendment: should have known the substance…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-15
Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to amendment No. 4 proposed by the gentleman from Texas. The amendment adds a list of factors that may be considered when proving whether a particular substance was intended for human consumption. I…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from New York for capturing the scourge of the epidemic of online drug sales that reach into the living rooms of so many innocent persons, and my sympathy for the loss of one of our heroes who wore the…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and, as well, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. We worked on this, and I am glad that our staff was able to communicate. I…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chairman, my amendment is simple. It restores the commission's jurisdiction over the Federal sentencing guidelines as originally granted by Congress in 1984. The United States Sentencing Commission has been working to address the…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chairman, let me just very quickly thank the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Raskin) and Mr. Griffith. I am delighted to join them, and I will simply say it is equally essential that science has a role in this very complex process to…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-15
Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 9 (and redesignate provisions accordingly). The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chair, we hope that we will be able to work together to save lives and to fix the issues that we are addressing here today. Mr. Chair, we all want to solve the escalating problems of synthetic drugs, which permeate throughout our…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chair, while SITSA provides some relief for researchers who already have a schedule I or II registration to proceed with schedule A research, SITSA does not provide accommodations necessary to ensure researchers can obtain drug samples…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-15
Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. We all want to do good, and all of us have had our tragedies as it relates to the use of drugs by the innocent. As I listened to my colleagues, they are right: The heinous persons are…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-15
Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), who is the ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Schneider). Congressman Bradley Scott Schneider is a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 15, 2018

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I thank Mr. Marino, and I want to make it very clear that we have spent a lot of time in the Judiciary Committee, in this Congress, in the Energy and Commerce…

Congressional Record · 2018-06-15