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Carolyn Maloney
@carolynmaloney· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

I find it a national scandal that we are paying in this country $70 a pill while Australia pays $7 a pill.

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Adriano Espaillat
@adrianoespaillat· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

Chinese state-owned enterprises have made it their goal to corner the market in terms of infrastructure.

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Adriano Espaillat
@adrianoespaillat· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

This is a very important conversation that we are having today.

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Adriano Espaillat
@adrianoespaillat· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

I think we need to develop a strategy to derail them, no pun intended.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

We know that good governance, peace, and security can help unlock the vast potential of Africa.

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Kathleen Rice
@kathleenrice· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

Not likely, Anderson. I mean, I come from a district in New York that has a total of about 10,000 DACA recipients and TPS holders, so it doesn't even address that issue.

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Kathleen Rice
@kathleenrice· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

I mean, you know, these are people who have been here, who were brought here when they were children who are contributing to their society, their community. And these are the kind of people we want to keep here.

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Kathleen Rice
@kathleenrice· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

If you're going to really try to address the issue of immigration, you need input from both Republicans and Democrats. I don't think they got input from anyone, certainly not anyone on the Democratic side, and not even any Republicans.

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Kathleen Rice
@kathleenrice· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

And to say that you have to be able to speak English, I mean, there are some people in -- that Trump knows himself that didn't know English when they came here. So I think that's kind of crazy to make it -- and when you say merit-based, I…

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

A free press has on its side the greatest tool to drive progress and change and help advance those values, and that tool is the truth.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

When the President calls the press phony and tries to turn people against them, it is really just not helpful at all.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

There is nothing that shines a light on corruption and impunity better than the free press.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

We will continue to support electoral processes and peaceful political transitions.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

This resolution, which aims to promote American business abroad, is in direct support of the goals of Prosper Africa.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

We have seen a number of cases in where lip service has been paid to good governance and respect for human rights.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

My concern is that the Administration is taking an unbalanced approach favoring security-focused responses instead of getting to the root causes of instability.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

Yet, authorities there have ramped up repression and violence against opposition politicians and civil society.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· May 15, 2019

I do have some concerns with the Administration's approaches, including the recognition of the fraudulent election outcome in the DRC.

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