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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· May 21, 2018

In government everybody kicks in their $10 or whatever, right? That's how we do it.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· May 21, 2018

I would love it if Treasury would present us a legal memorandum analyzing whether you've got the authority to include the large parts of America that were excluded from the program.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· May 21, 2018

But they're also, I think, mutilating the great old-fashioned art of American heckling.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· May 21, 2018

Those people who consider themselves on the left, as Dr. Weinstein puts it, who are going to meetings and just shouting people down are not only portraying the great principle of the freedom of speech and discourse and debate that…

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· May 21, 2018

Shouldn't the students, if they are a recognized student group, at the very least, have the opportunity to invite people to campus?

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· May 21, 2018

Under the First Amendment, whether it's religious or secular, they've got a right to develop whatever public philosophy they want about education, don't they?

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· May 21, 2018

I think everybody here is agreeing that the First Amendment should apply in full force in a robust way on public campuses.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 18, 2018

Mr. Speaker, am I not correct that you called for the yeas and nays and that you interrupted the vote while it was in progress? From a parliamentary perspective, is that the power of the Speaker to interrupt a rollcall vote for the…

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 18, 2018

Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 183, noes 163, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 80, as follows: [Roll No. 206] AYES--183 Abraham Allen…

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· May 17, 2018

Mr. Speaker, 1 year ago, my community was shaken by the murder of Second Lieutenant Richard ``Richie'' Collins III, a young African American stabbed to death while waiting for a bus on the campus of the University of Maryland. He was a…

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· May 17, 2018

Mr. President, as a member of the Senate Budget Committee, I am disappointed that Republican leaders have not even begun the process of debating a budget for the upcoming year in our committee. The United States needs a budget that…

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· May 17, 2018

Mr. President, as we observe National Police Week, I rise today to recognize Sean Matthew Suiter and Sander Benjamin Cohen, two Maryland law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2017. It is important that we…

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· May 16, 2018

I am proud to work with you on this bill.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· May 16, 2018

I thank you and just ask that you continue to work with us so that we can make sure that we are together moving these projects forward.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· May 16, 2018

Where President Trump has shown no leadership, Congress must step into the void.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· May 16, 2018

This is the most deadly national health crisis we have seen in three decades.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· May 16, 2018

Last month, I introduced the CARE Act with Senator Elizabeth Warren to start treating the opioid crisis like the public health crisis it is.

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