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Terri Sewell

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Terri Sewell is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district since 2011. She is the first African American woman elected to Congress from Alabama. Sewell has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and healthcare throughout her tenure. She is a member of the Democratic Party and has been an advocate for civil rights and voting access.

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Feb 26, 2019

your success is our success. We do want to get a better balance when it comes to trade with China.

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Feb 26, 2019

It is not about aid, it is about trade. And it is not about short-term bailouts, it is about long-term business.

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Feb 26, 2019

I think the more fundamental question is: What do we do about it?

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Feb 26, 2019

the tariffs have had a really devastating effect on the folks back home in Alabama.

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Feb 18, 2019

I just want to say to Leader Abrams that you did all of us proud in your campaign, in your run for Governor.

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Feb 18, 2019

We need a steady drumbeat as we prove to America that we can restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Feb 18, 2019

Your vote is your voice. So we have to use it.

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Feb 18, 2019

It is personal because so many of us know that we stand on the shoulders of folks like Rep. John Lewis.

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Jan 28, 2019

in my State we don't have-- our farmers struggle oftentimes with finding affordable healthcare.

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Jan 28, 2019

the ACA has not only helped us in making sure that insurance companies can no longer discriminate against Americans for preexisting conditions, but it also decreased the cost of being sick while black.

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Jan 28, 2019

isn't it true that by decreasing the subsidies, which was one of the ways that my colleagues across the aisle sabotaged the ACA, it only exacerbates the problem?

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Sep 28, 2018

Less than a year after the first disastrous tax bill, here we are voting on another bill that will double down on this betrayal and put hardworking families who are working every day to make ends meet even further into debt. As my…

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