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Michelle Lujan Grisham
@michellelujangrisham· Democratic · NM· Sep 17, 2014

I might disagree with some of my colleagues, that we can do everything in our power, and those hostile, those negative, those who intend us harm and intend to access that information for their own gain will find ways to do that.

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Michelle Lujan Grisham
@michellelujangrisham· Democratic · NM· Sep 17, 2014

I appreciate both the leadership of the chairman and the ranking member to assure that we get feedback.

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Judy Chu
@judychu· Democratic · CA· Sep 17, 2014

I think most people are surprised and perplexed when they learn that our Nation's Copyright Office is housed under the Library of Congress because your missions are very different.

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Judy Chu
@judychu· Democratic · CA· Sep 17, 2014

I believe that this bill would foster communication transparency between industry and the DEA.

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Michelle Lujan Grisham
@michellelujangrisham· Democratic · NM· Sep 17, 2014

And I share many of my colleagues' concerns that we should be doing the very best to protect information.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, later today we are likely to see bipartisan support for an amendment to authorize the Secretaries of Defense and State to provide limited assistance to properly vetted factions within the Syrian opposition as part of the…

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2014

We dithered, we kvetched, we wrung our hands, we found all kinds of rationalizations for why we just couldn't bring ourselves to do it.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2014

Isn't it just as flimsy to cite a resolution for a different time, a different environment, a different challenge 13 years ago?

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2014

Thank you, Madam Chairman. And thank you, Mr. Rubin, for that impassioned plea.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2014

I thank the ranking member, Congressman Deutch, who along with Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen, have been our steadfast champions.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2014

there has to still be accountability and then, secondly, there has to be expiation.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2014

I thank Chairman Ros-Lehtinen for allowing me to testify today.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2014

Simply put, Germany must fulfill its moral responsibility to care for all the medical and mental health needs of the survivors and their families.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2014

There aren't words to describe the horror of the Holocaust.

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I thank my dear friend Mr. Engel from New York, and I congratulate the authors of H. Res. 726. They have done a great job in building bipartisan support for this resolution. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this resolution…

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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2014

What happened in Syria last year was a signal failure by this Congress.

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Diana DeGette
@dianadegette· Democratic · CO· Sep 17, 2014

Suicide takes the lives of about 40,000 Americans every year, and of course, that leaves behind millions of devastated parents, children, spouses, and friends.

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Brad Wenstrup
@bradwenstrup· Republican · OH· Sep 17, 2014

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the President's request to train vetted moderate Syrian rebels, as I believe it is only one step in the right direction and it is supported by military experts. Tremendous oversight is going to be…

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