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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Sep 29, 2021

I`m compelled to speak out because of the real risks of the clock being turned back to those days before Roe vs. Wade, to the days when I was a teenager and had a back alley abortion in Mexico. I was one of the lucky ones, Madam Chair. A…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Sep 29, 2021

I rise again today to express my objection to President Biden's sweeping vaccine mandate and to offer legislation that would protect Americans from this Federal intrusion. As I said yesterday, the Federal Government has no business…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Sep 29, 2021

I appreciate the insight provided by my friend and distinguished colleague, the senior Senator from Illinois and the assistant majority leader. I respectfully submit that this is about allowing people to obtain redress for, among other…

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Jim Cooper
@jimcooper· Democratic · TN· Sep 28, 2021

There weren't cancer screenings for months. Thousands of undiagnosed cancers will kill Americans.

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Jim Cooper
@jimcooper· Democratic · TN· Sep 28, 2021

There's been a 30 percent increase in ER visits for mental health issues amongst teenagers.

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Jim Cooper
@jimcooper· Democratic · TN· Sep 28, 2021

We ought to know that in the midst of this pandemic.

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Jim Cooper
@jimcooper· Democratic · TN· Sep 28, 2021

School closures forced millions of students to substitute screens for classrooms.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Sep 28, 2021

I think law enforcement plays a critical role in preventing acts of domestic terrorism.

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Sep 28, 2021

I rise today to express my deep concern with President Biden's disregard for American freedom. President Biden's strong-arm push to force Americans to choose between their health and decisions affecting their health, on the one hand, and…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Sep 28, 2021

I want to be very clear about something. There are no exemptions built into the mandate because the mandate doesn't yet exist. As far as I can tell, this may be a feature and not a bug, you see, because he gave a speech--he gave a…

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Sep 27, 2021

I have noticed over the past few months that my Democratic colleagues have developed a habit of explaining away the anger of the citizens of this country. There is anger, and there is frustration. And what they do is to do a little turn in…

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Sep 27, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Biden Administration

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Sep 27, 2021

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in opposition to this sloppy $1 trillion infrastructure package. This bill was advertised as fully paid for, Mr. Speaker. That is a lie. It includes $550 billion in new spending and will add…

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Tim Burchett
@timburchett· Republican · TN· Sep 27, 2021

I thank Mr. Joyce for yielding. Madam Speaker, take a look at the average cost of a gallon of gasoline. When President Biden took office, a gallon of gasoline was $2.38 a gallon. Today, that number is $3.18, an increase of 33.6 percent…

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Sep 27, 2021

I come from Memphis, which is a transportation hub, but I am an American, and transportation moves goods and products and creates jobs. I am proud to be for this bill. I would have preferred having the bill that the Transportation…

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Chuck Fleischmann
@chuckfleischmann· Republican · TN· Sep 23, 2021

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Manning).

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Chuck Fleischmann
@chuckfleischmann· Republican · TN· Sep 23, 2021

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 420, nays 9, answered ``present'' 2…

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Sep 23, 2021

this week, we have heard from many of my Democratic colleagues about the various ways that Republicans have supposedly dragged this country to the brink of collapse. But what they have ignored in their manufactured hysteria and disgust in…

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