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Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Feb 1, 2023

Mr. Speaker, let me state a simple fact that has evidently been forgotten in Washington: The Federal workforce's primary imperative should always be to promptly serve the American people. Unfortunately, what the American people have…

Congressional Record · 2023-02-01
Kathy Manning
@kathymanning· Democratic · NC· Feb 1, 2023

Mr. Speaker, on this day 63 years ago, four courageous North Carolina A&T students, Franklin McCain, Jibreel Khazan, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond, staged a sit-in at the Whites-only lunch counter of the Woolworth Department Store in…

Congressional Record · 2023-02-01
Jared Moskowitz
@jaredmoskowitz· Democratic · NC· Jan 31, 2023

I am more than happy to join with the majority and look at the fraud and abuse that went on in the last two years in COVID-related programs.

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Jared Moskowitz
@jaredmoskowitz· Democratic · NC· Jan 31, 2023

Our job on this committee is to defend our democracy and our basic institutions, to protect our rights as Americans, and as a member of the truth squad on this side of the aisle, to hold our government accountable, and counter the lies…

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Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Jan 31, 2023

Mr. Speaker, with $31.4 trillion in national debt, House Republicans are committed to finding a solution that is reasonable, sensible, and responsible regarding raising the debt ceiling. President Biden would be irresponsible not to…

Congressional Record · 2023-01-31
Jared Moskowitz
@jaredmoskowitz· Democratic · NC· Jan 31, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Moskowitz moves to recommit the bill H.R. 382 to the Committee on Energy and…

Congressional Record · 2023-01-31
Jared Moskowitz
@jaredmoskowitz· Democratic · NC· Jan 31, 2023

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 382, and I urge my colleagues to support my motion to recommit which would prohibit this legislation from going into effect if it will negatively impact Medicare beneficiaries. Speaker…

Congressional Record · 2023-01-31
Dan Bishop
@danbishop· Republican · NC· Jan 31, 2023

Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Colorado and my colleagues will show in this hour that censorship of conservative voices proliferates among social media and other tech companies, banks and other commercial service providers, and massive…

Congressional Record · 2023-01-31
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Jan 31, 2023

Mr. Speaker, throughout the course of our lives, we are both blessed and fortunate to cross paths with and befriend individuals who harbor a profound sense of dedication toward serving others and their communities. To me and countless…

Congressional Record · 2023-01-31
Jared Moskowitz
@jaredmoskowitz· Democratic · NC· Jan 31, 2023

These programs were designed to save lives and to keep individuals from falling into the free-fall of economic disaster during a pandemic.

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Jared Moskowitz
@jaredmoskowitz· Democratic · NC· Jan 31, 2023

I am deeply proud to serve our country and to serve our communities, and to serve under the leadership of our ranking member in particular, Mr. Jamie Raskin, who is a hero and a scholar here in the House.

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Jared Moskowitz
@jaredmoskowitz· Democratic · NC· Jan 31, 2023

I have never seen more financial fraud and abuse of this system than I saw in the previous administration under Donald Trump.

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Deborah Koff Ross
@deborahkoffross· Democratic · NC· Jan 31, 2023

It really is incumbent on all of us to work together to solve this problem.

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Deborah Koff Ross
@deborahkoffross· Democratic · NC· Jan 31, 2023

It is my hope that the majority on this Committee really wants to do that hard work.

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Deborah Koff Ross
@deborahkoffross· Democratic · NC· Jan 31, 2023

Because our immigration system is so broken; they have to self-deport at age 21.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jan 30, 2023

Mr. President, I rise today to honor a great North Carolinian, courageous veteran, and the last living survivor of the Battle of Wake Island: Pearson Riddle, Jr. Born in Pensacola, NC, on October 15, 1921, Pearson joined the Civilian…

Congressional Record · 2023-01-30
Virginia Foxx
@virginiafoxx· Republican · NC· Jan 30, 2023

Mr. Speaker, thanks to House Republicans, regular order has been restored in the people's House. From expedited votes to open, substantive debate on the merits of legislation that now take place on this very floor, the American people are…

Congressional Record · 2023-01-30