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G. K. Butterfield
@gkbutterfield· Democratic · NC· Sep 7, 2016

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the median age for men with SCD is only 42 years old. For women, it is 48 years.

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G. K. Butterfield
@gkbutterfield· Democratic · NC· Sep 7, 2016

That black children, African American children, have higher rates of disease.

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Jody Hice
@jodyhice· Republican · GA· Sep 7, 2016

the current process seems so arbitrary and just all over the map where and how redactions take place.

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Nita Lowey
@nitalowey· Democratic · NY· Sep 7, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel for their support and their enthusiasm for this bill. Mr. Speaker, I rise in full support of H.R. 4481, the Education for All Act, which I introduced earlier this year…

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Nita Lowey
@nitalowey· Democratic · NY· Sep 7, 2016

First introduced in 2004, the bill we consider today represents many years of hard work to elevate the importance of global education, bipartisan compromise, and the support of over 30 nonprofit and advocacy organizations, including…

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Joe Pitts
@joepitts· Republican · PA· Sep 7, 2016

H.R. 3119, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, sponsored by Rep. Engel (NY) increases the number of permanent faculty in palliative care.

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Joe Pitts
@joepitts· Republican · PA· Sep 7, 2016

H.R. 1807, the Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015, sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis (IL) and Rep. Michael Burgess (TX) reauthorizes a sickle cell disease demonstration program.

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Joe Pitts
@joepitts· Republican · PA· Sep 7, 2016

H.R. 1717, the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act or the STOP Act, sponsored by Rep. Roybal-Allard (CA) provides for programs and activities to prevent underage drinking.

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Joe Pitts
@joepitts· Republican · PA· Sep 7, 2016

I thank my colleague, Rep. Pete Olson, for sponsoring this important legislation which will be welcome news for the over 100,000,000 people afflicted with diabetes or pre-diabetes.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 7, 2016

This hearing is not about an effort to improve FOIA or Federal record-keeping. This is an attack, an attack on Hillary Clinton's candidacy for President of the United States of America and just the latest in a series of attacks.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 7, 2016

These actions had their desired effect. They kept repeating the headline that Hillary Clinton is under investigation.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 7, 2016

The Republicans started with their discredited Benghazi investigation, accusing Secretary Clinton of all kinds of unsubstantiated conspiracies.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 7, 2016

I think if we don't do anything else, we can try to help with the system of classification because it is so serious and can create all kinds of problems.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 7, 2016

This frantic pre-election fervor is an egregious abuse of taxpayer dollars for political purposes.

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· Sep 7, 2016

Well, I think the American people are deeply troubled at a foreign policy, a military policy of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that has caused the wider Middle East to literally spin out of control.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Sep 7, 2016

Anything that drives down the price of oil is not just good for motorists in my district, it is good for American foreign policy.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Sep 7, 2016

Coal produces twice the greenhouse gases per kilowatt as any other fuel.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Sep 7, 2016

China emits twice as much greenhouse gases as the United States.

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