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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 23, 2025

I thank the gentlewoman for her eloquent words. When will Republicans stop feeding on other people's tragedies? We don't need MAGA in the delivery room. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 23, 2025

My distinguished colleague from Texas keeps referencing his female staff and colleagues, but it seems like there has been a coed exodus from his side of the aisle as support for this bill vanishes. In the meantime, I don't have enough…

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 23, 2025

No. Madam Speaker, I would like my time restored. I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Scanlon), the distinguished ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 23, 2025

I appreciate the passionate vehemence of the gentleman, but the whole substance of his argument completely undercuts the meaning of their bill. In the case that I could hear him talking about, Kermit Barron Gosnell was an American serial…

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 23, 2025

I thank Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Morrison, and Ms. Clark for their poignant, riveting personal testimonies. I hope our colleagues are listening to our colleagues over here. This bill is all about demonizing women, threatening doctors, exploiting…

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jan 23, 2025

My biggest fear is this is a person, number one, who's just unprepared to deal with the challenges around the world.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jan 23, 2025

We would be putting a person of very low character in the highest position of the Defense Department.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jan 23, 2025

You cannot be a leader of the U.S. Armed Forces when you're attacking members of the 3.5 million who are part of that armed forces.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jan 23, 2025

I think there are some Republican senators who are going to look at what the consequences of this vote would be.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 22, 2025

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Palmer). The gentleman from Maryland has 6 minutes remaining.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 20, 2025

But why did Donald Trump pardon all of the insurrectionists? That's what we want to know. Are they reformed? Are they no longer a threat to public safety?

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 20, 2025

If President Trump had come forward and said, we've spoken to these people. They are not going to be attacking police officers in the future the way that they bloodied and wounded and hospitalized, 140 of them in Washington, D.C.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 20, 2025

Pardons have generally been used when people are actually innocent or there was some procedural miscarriage of justice.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 16, 2025

I thank the gentlewoman for her distinguished remarks, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 16, 2025

In a democracy, Americans have the right to information about our public officials and what they're doing.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 16, 2025

Those two cases are tangential and peripheral to the central matter of a president who pilfered classified government documents for some purpose still unknown to the public.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 16, 2025

If we think that the existence of these two cases is an impediment to releasing the report, then dismiss the two cases.

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Jamie Raskin
@jamieraskin· Democratic · MD· Jan 16, 2025

Donald Trump will likely have his Justice Department dismiss the case against his aides Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira or pardon them.

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