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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jul 18, 2023

Israel's own President Herzog is going to come before Congress tomorrow. He has long advocated against interracial marriages. Did you all know that? Do you care? He said it on a news segment. Look it up. When he came to America, he said…

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jul 18, 2023

I really appreciate the leadership and guidance by Congressman Thompson as he leads our effort with the task force. I have learned so much about some of the work that has been done prior to getting here and knowing, again, we are taking…

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jul 18, 2023

I am the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, and I have family members all throughout the West Bank and what many people call the illegally occupied territories. We are here again reaffirming Congress' support for apartheid…

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

Instead, they are proposing a rule with dubious legal basis to provide taxpayer-funded Federal health benefits to individuals who have entered this country illegally.

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John James
@johnjames· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

This forum purports to demonstrate how Russia's experience in maintaining domestic security is beneficial and worthy of being copied by African countries.

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Dan Kildee
@dankildee· Democratic · MI· Jul 17, 2023

I was unable to attend votes due to a flight cancellation. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 329 (S. 111) and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 330 (H.R. 813). PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

Today, we are, again, conducting oversight of yet another disastrous policy by the Biden Administration that will only exacerbate the crisis along the Southern border.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

If there is any individual that believes in stripping Medicaid from DACA recipients, I would like to know if they are willing to give the $6.6 billion that DACA recipients pay in Federal taxes back to them.

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Debbie Dingell
@debbiedingell· Democratic · MI· Jul 17, 2023

In fact, as all of you know here, he was the lead author of the Endangered Species Act that was enacted 50 years ago.

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John James
@johnjames· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

Simply put, Russia is a destabilizing force in Africa that aspires to create power vacuums and exploit African countries in order to weaken U.S. and western influence.

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John James
@johnjames· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

We will never divorce our foreign policy from human rights.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

I think what it has to do, to answer your question, is incentives. I think people are logical and people do things that they believe is in their best interest, and we incentivize people and we incentivize their behaviors, so that is what…

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

We have three co-equal branches of government, and we have to stop changing the definitions, and we have to follow the rules of law.

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Shri Thanedar
@shrithanedar· Democratic · MI· Jul 17, 2023

The Arctic has never been more central to America's national security.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

What I think people are irritated with... is we have three co-equal branches of government to do that.

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John James
@johnjames· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

The purpose of this hearing is to analyze the strategic aims in Africa of the Russian Federation and its proxies.

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Jul 17, 2023

This hearing does not meet those standards because what powerful people are we holding to account here?

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