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Tim Ryan
@timryan· Democratic · OH· Sep 20, 2016

I think that would be great and I will even come to your district and spend time with you because I am sure that would benefit you politically as well.

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Joyce Beatty
@joycebeatty· Democratic · OH· Sep 20, 2016

I am appalled sitting here hearing from my colleagues and learning that earlier some 27 people were evicted...

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Joyce Beatty
@joycebeatty· Democratic · OH· Sep 20, 2016

We know, as Congressman Ellison just said, in most of our communities we have long, long wait lists for them to get a Section 8 voucher.

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Joyce Beatty
@joycebeatty· Democratic · OH· Sep 20, 2016

I see it as our role, your role, and especially those who are hands-on running public authorities, that you have a special obligation.

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Henry Cuellar
@henrycuellar· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I want to say, first of all, that I rise in support of H.R. 5591, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service in Zapata as the Zapata Veterans Post Office. I would like to thank Chairman Chaffetz and…

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Michelle Lujan Grisham
@michellelujangrisham· Democratic · NM· Sep 20, 2016

Unfortunately, it's not our first hearing on such matters. I mean, we are talking and dealing with Turing and Valeant and Mylan and Gilead, and seeing a really disturbing pattern where Congress provides a variety of mechanisms to invest in…

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Jerry Nadler
@jerrynadler· Democratic · NY· Sep 20, 2016

Your critics have not made their case, nor do they have the votes to force impeachment on the House floor, and these proceedings are an obvious sham.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this hearing on the update of the mitigation policies of the Fish and Wildlife.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

we need a transparent process and a predictable conclusion so that a developer or government knows what to expect

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

Our knowledge of climate change and the impact of climate change has changed so dramatically in the last 35 years.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

If my math is correct, the amount of developed acres in the lower 48 States since 1981 has increased by about 70 percent since that time.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

We know that diversity of species is critically important to our environment and to our future.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

I want to make sure they still have a place to live.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. President, I want to applaud Senate passage of H.R. 1475, the Korean War Veterans Memorial Act, which is the House companion to the bill I introduced with Senator Boozman, S. 1982. This legislation honors Americans who died during the…

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Mike Levin
@mikelevin· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2016

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, more than 80 percent of the approximately 640,000 Americans living with kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease, are covered under Medicare. Unfortunately, those individuals who…

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Mike Levin
@mikelevin· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. There is no doubt the citrus industry is facing an emergency. A disease, referred to as ``greening,'' is rapidly spreading among citrus crops, including oranges, tangerines…

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Mike Levin
@mikelevin· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This bill codifies current practice at the Social Security Administration, which is to remove Social Security numbers from its letters and notices in order to reduce the risk of…

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Vern Buchanan
@vernbuchanan· Republican · FL· Sep 20, 2016

We have got to find a way to work together on a bipartisan basis to look at Social Security long term.

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