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Doris Matsui
@dorismatsui· Democratic · CA· Apr 26, 2017

Mr. Speaker, across the board, the President's first 100 days have been marked by nothing but broken promises. Instead of creating jobs, he has made it a priority to repeatedly push for a TrumpCare bill that will increase costs for…

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Norma Torres
@normatorres· Democratic · CA· Apr 26, 2017

Mr. Speaker, it looks like Congress has avoided another government shutdown for now. We will probably pass another short-term spending bill or two before this latest stopgap bill runs out, threatening to bring us to the brink once again…

Congressional Record · 2017-04-26
Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Apr 26, 2017

We gave them, Mr. Chairman, the most centralized government plan for the people who are the most decentralized culture in the world.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Apr 26, 2017

I notified our Government at the very highest level exactly where those were and that they needed to be bombed because the Taliban needed to be denied that money, and our Government never did that.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Apr 26, 2017

We created that. Those of us who were engaged with this effort before that time wanted the king to return.

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Apr 26, 2017

We need air cover; do we not, sir? Do not our friends in Afghanistan need the air cover?

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Darrell Issa
@darrellissa· Republican · CA· Apr 26, 2017

Okay, so we are talking about billions of dollars that we know is floating around Afghanistan, and is it fair to say that a significant amount of that money gets into the hands of Islamic terrorists including the Taliban?

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Mark Takano
@marktakano· Democratic · CA· Apr 26, 2017

As has already been mentioned, last year, the National Advisory Council for Institutional Quality and Integrity recommended that the Department of Education withdraw its recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and…

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Nancy Pelosi
@nancypelosi· Democratic · CA· Apr 26, 2017

What you say in the GOP haste to pass the bill and Trump trying to cram it down in the last 100 days. I think Pres. Trump is really making fools of the members of Congress of his own party.

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Maxine Waters
@maxinewaters· Democratic · CA· Apr 25, 2017

The wrong choice act thoroughly dismantles Wall Street reform, guts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Scott Peters
@scottpeters· Democratic · CA· Apr 25, 2017

It is interesting to hear that representatives from Nevada testify, obviously, nuclear fuel, what we do with it affects a lot of congressional districts around the country.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Apr 25, 2017

I still think, Anderson, that the most comprehensive way to get to the bottom of this, to take politics out and to debunk a lot of the myths out there is to have an independent commission.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Apr 25, 2017

I think for us to be back on track with a new leader of the investigation, I think it's probably restored the faith among all and, again, we just want to get back to work and I can say right now that that's the case.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Apr 25, 2017

No question there are a lot of redundancies, I think that this would have been better handled if we had a joint Senate-house investigation.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Apr 25, 2017

Yes, and I also have a lot of faith in Mike Conaway from Texas, I, you know, take him at his word and have, you know, seen him at work and I think he just wants to follow the evidence.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Apr 25, 2017

That's what we thought was the most relevant. And I hope the Republicans understand that we too want to, you know, pursue anyone that violated the law if there were leaked violations.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Apr 25, 2017

It's going to be a long summer here in Washington, so even during recess weeks, I think members of the Intelligence Committee are expect to be here interviewing witnesses, getting to the bottom of this and doing everything we can to make…

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Apr 25, 2017

I can tell you the witnesses are relevant ones and the documents that we are reviewing have expanded since Mike Conaway has come on to lead this investigation for the Republican side. So, we are back on track. And I think that's a good…

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