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Andrew Yang
@andrewyang· Democratic · NY· Sep 11, 2019

We have to start owning what we can and can't do. We're not very good at rebuilding countries.

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Andrew Yang
@andrewyang· Democratic · NY· Sep 11, 2019

The goal of my campaign is to make this an economy that allows us to live our human values and aspirations.

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Andrew Yang
@andrewyang· Democratic · NY· Sep 11, 2019

The only way we will win is if we bring them together. Money finds a way, so what is the answer? The answer is to wash the money out with people-powered money.

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Andrew Yang
@andrewyang· Democratic · NY· Sep 11, 2019

This president has pursued an arbitrary and haphazard trade policy that has had victims on both sides.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 11, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I am a New York Representative whose district is about 10 miles from the World Trade Center, and I lost many friends and constituents in that horrendous attack. Many years ago, President Roosevelt stood right here in this…

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Nita Lowey
@nitalowey· Democratic · NY· Sep 11, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my good friend and New Yorker, my colleague, Carolyn Maloney, for organizing this evening so that we can all remember. Eighteen years have passed since the September 11 terrorist attacks, but the memory of this…

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Kirsten Gillibrand
@kirstengillibrand· Democratic · NY· Sep 11, 2019

Mr. President, I rise to join my colleagues in discussing our country's horrific gun violence epidemic. I have risen to speak of this problem many times over the years, and to be honest it is exasperating to have to do it over and over…

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Paul Tonko
@paultonko· Democratic · NY· Sep 10, 2019

The events of September 11th transformed how we think about what it means to be safe in our communities.

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Paul Tonko
@paultonko· Democratic · NY· Sep 10, 2019

It is my hope that this committee will once again find bipartisan agreement on a multiyear CFATS extension.

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Paul Tonko
@paultonko· Democratic · NY· Sep 10, 2019

I understand the Homeland Security Committee marked up this bill 12 weeks ago--that it passed on a straight party line vote with no Republicans supporting it.

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Paul Tonko
@paultonko· Democratic · NY· Sep 10, 2019

We learned a hard lesson that we must always be vigilant and acknowledge that our federal government... plays a critical role in safeguarding the health and safety.

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Paul Tonko
@paultonko· Democratic · NY· Sep 10, 2019

I am skeptical of making any major changes to the program that would either dilute or divert the Department from its statutory mission.

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Gregory Meeks
@gregorymeeks· Democratic · NY· Sep 10, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of H.R. 241, the Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act. As chair of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, I am very focused on…

Congressional Record · 2019-09-10
Nydia Velázquez
@nydiavelzquez· Democratic · NY· Sep 10, 2019

We owe it to a generation of veterans to provide this valuable screening tool.

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Nydia Velázquez
@nydiavelzquez· Democratic · NY· Sep 10, 2019

Every sexual assault in the military is a failure to protect the men and women who have volunteered to defend us.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 10, 2019

Madam President, I begin this morning with some news for my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. As stipulated by the National Emergencies Act, Democrats will once again force a vote to terminate the President's national emergency…

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Joe Morelle
@joemorelle· Democratic · NY· Sep 10, 2019

Rochester has, over the last several years, been identified as either number two or three in terms of childhood poverty in the United States among cities.

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Joe Morelle
@joemorelle· Democratic · NY· Sep 10, 2019

I think this is a really, really important topic.

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