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Cedric Richmond
@cedricrichmond· Democratic · LA· Sep 26, 2016

it is very convenient for a White male from Virginia to talk about collusion in a consent decree.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Sep 26, 2016

If that collapses, they get millions of refugees and they get an American army on their border.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Sep 26, 2016

Kidnapping civilians and continuing to hold them, not to mention shelling South Korean territory.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Sep 26, 2016

These kidnappings may have occurred decades ago, but they are still holding the kidnapped victims or their bodies.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Sep 26, 2016

Please, make it very explicit, no nonstop flights.

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Fred Upton
@fredupton· Republican · MI· Sep 26, 2016

In order for the Federal Government to conduct critical research on diagnostic tests or vaccines to protect us from diseases while safeguarding national security against bioterrorism, inactivation is a safety matter we need to get right.

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Fred Upton
@fredupton· Republican · MI· Sep 26, 2016

We cannot risk repeats of such episodes. Without improvements, another incident is likely to happen, and the consequences could be dire.

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John Conyers
@johnconyers· Democratic · MI· Sep 26, 2016

Earlier this summer, my congressional colleagues and I staged an unprecedented sit-in just to try to get a vote on commonsense gun legislation.

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John Conyers
@johnconyers· Democratic · MI· Sep 26, 2016

I believe this working group is one of the best examples of how we can come together at a time when the Nation needs our leadership to reduce the levels of violence in our communities.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Sep 26, 2016

Mr. President, it has been said that nations that forget its defenders will be itself forgotten. Well, I would like to take a moment to recognize one of those defenders who fought for and secured our freedom during World War II. First, I…

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Trey Gowdy
@treygowdy· Republican · SC· Sep 26, 2016

We are here today because the Department of Justice, the entity that is supposed to be the chief enforcer of the law, is aiding and abetting local governments in the failure to enforce the law.

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Trey Gowdy
@treygowdy· Republican · SC· Sep 26, 2016

Time and time and time again, our Nation has witnessed the tragic consequences of this Administration's failure to enforce immigration law.

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Sep 26, 2016

the duplicity of the chief Federal law enforcement entity providing grant money to State and municipalities who specifically fail to assist in the enforcement of Federal law

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Sep 26, 2016

Sanctuary cities refuse to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in its enforcement of Federal immigration laws.

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Sep 26, 2016

This revised policy makes no mention of part B of section 1373.

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Sep 26, 2016

On May 28 of this year, Chairman Goodlatte sent a letter to now Attorney General Lynch demanding that she explain DOJ's role.

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Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Sep 26, 2016

Not only does this place ICE agents and officers at greater risk when they are forced to arrest criminal aliens who are no longer in a secure jail facility

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