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Jennifer Granholm
@jennifergranholm· Democratic · MI· Aug 15, 2020

What's really behind this as you know, Anderson, is that Donald Trump knows that he's losing and he's going to pull out every dirty trick in the book to suppress Democratic votes to manipulate the outcome of the election.

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Jennifer Granholm
@jennifergranholm· Democratic · MI· Aug 15, 2020

Donald Trump's appointee has been caught red handed doing Donald Trump's bidding which is, of course, removing these post boxes and mail sorters from areas that disproportionately affect Democratic voters.

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Aug 9, 2020

I've never had the call to Washington D.C. But the fact that there's even a conversation about what the future of our country looks like and that I'm included in a conversation that has some phenomenal women leaders across this country is…

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Debbie Stabenow
@debbiestabenow· Democratic · MI· Aug 6, 2020

I want to thank both of my friends from Oregon. We are Oregon strong on the floor. We have great, powerful, effective Senators from Oregon, and I want to thank Senator Merkley for his words, as well as my colleagues and friends from…

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Debbie Stabenow
@debbiestabenow· Democratic · MI· Aug 6, 2020

it is Thursday afternoon, and it looks like any other Thursday afternoon. There is no sense of urgency. The leader, Senator McConnell, has sent folks on their way for the weekend, and there is no agreement on the COVID-19 survival package…

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Haley Stevens
@haleystevens· Democratic · MI· Jul 31, 2020

I thank the Speaker's staff for allocating some time at the conclusion of our legislative session. Mr. Speaker, this has been a remarkable 2 weeks in Washington. The session began on a remorseful note with the departure of our beloved John…

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Haley Stevens
@haleystevens· Democratic · MI· Jul 30, 2020

I am here today to memorialize the beautiful lives of 13 nuns taken from Michigan's 11th District by the scourge of coronavirus between April and June of this year. We honor the memory of: Sister Mary Luiza, Sister Celine Marie, Sister…

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Debbie Stabenow
@debbiestabenow· Democratic · MI· Jul 30, 2020

I am really proud to stand with a group of colleagues and leaders who understand what is happening to the American people and the hardship they are facing and the fact that they just want some help and they want people to understand that…

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jul 30, 2020

I thank the chairwoman for yielding. I rise today in support of this en bloc, which includes my amendment to prohibit funds from being used to implement, administer, and enforce a recent rule forcing DNA collection from immigrant…

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Carl Levin
@carllevin· Democratic · MI· Jul 30, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding the time. I rise in support of this en bloc package, which includes three of my amendments. My first amendment prioritizes funding to support labor reforms in Mexico that will improve Mexican and U.S…

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Tim Walberg
@timwalberg· Republican · MI· Jul 30, 2020

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds…

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Elissa Slotkin
@elissaslotkin· Democratic · MI· Jul 30, 2020

On this, the funeral day of the great John Lewis, I ask my colleagues to support my amendment to fund a critical source of knowledge for my State, ``The State of Black Michigan'' report. This amendment comes directly from my meetings with…

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Dan Kildee
@dankildee· Democratic · MI· Jul 29, 2020

I thank the chairman for arranging for this opportunity for the Ways and Means Committee to come together to honor our brother, John Lewis. Just listening to my colleagues gives me a greater sense of just how privileged we all have been. I…

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Haley Stevens
@haleystevens· Democratic · MI· Jul 29, 2020

We have a childcare crisis in America. In Michigan, when our auto manufacturers had to stop producing to address the impacts of COVID-19 and we saw production orders go to zero, with that, our daycare centers witnessed and experienced a…

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Brenda Lawrence
@brendalawrence· Democratic · MI· Jul 28, 2020

I need to know how many children are going to our schools so that we can anticipate the amount of brick and mortar, the amount of taxation for educating the children in our community.

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Brenda Lawrence
@brendalawrence· Democratic · MI· Jul 28, 2020

The census is not a Democrat of Republican issue. It is an issue about how we will fund our country.

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Brenda Lawrence
@brendalawrence· Democratic · MI· Jul 28, 2020

The census has nothing to do with your political affiliation. It has everything to do with the enumeration of the people who live in this country so that we can appropriately allocate the funds to run our country.

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jul 28, 2020

Will you commit on record to do as the committee directs and examine for the possible inclusion question on sexual orientation and gender identity?

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