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Yassamin Ansari

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July 25, 2026

Flipping the (Arizona) legislature is so important.

Yassamin Ansari

Jul 10, 2026

“Flipping the (Arizona) legislature is so important,” Ansari said.

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Jun 5, 2026

I have seen with my own eyes that this is not true.

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May 19, 2026

There is one toilet in a room of 21 men that regularly overflows, and that is disturbing and clearly a health issue.

azmirror.com
May 13, 2026

This makes me sick to my stomach. You could hear detainees coughing and struggling to breathe.

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Apr 21, 2026

I rise today to honor Miguel Alvarado of Guadalupe, Arizona, a man deeply respected in our community. For over two decades, Miguel has shown up for his neighbors with consistency and with heart. For 25 years, he has led the Guadalupe Car…

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Apr 21, 2026

let's talk about naked, open, brazen corruption. The Trump administration is guided and shaped by it, emboldened by what they can get away with while the American taxpayer watches their own hard-earned paycheck siphoned away by…

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Apr 3, 2026

Noem and Bondi were both awful and committed egregious, impeachable offenses. But isn’t it … interesting … that it’s just the women getting fired?

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Mar 26, 2026

I rise today in outrage over the negligence that led to the death of Emmanuel Clifford Damas on March 2, 2026. Emmanuel Damas was a 56-year-old Haitian asylum seeker who died after reportedly being denied adequate medical care while in ICE…

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Mar 4, 2026

the Islamic Republic is a barbaric, corrupt regime that has murdered, imprisoned, and terrorized its own people for decades. As the daughter of Iranian immigrants who fled this regime, I know personally what its violence means. Members of…

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Jan 9, 2026

I rise to recognize the incredible accomplishments of one of my district's most talented public servants and the amazing organization that she helms. Monique Lopez was recently appointed as CEO of UMOM New Day Center. UMOM New Day Center…

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Jan 8, 2026

I represent Phoenix, Glendale, and Guadalupe, communities where families are working hard every single day to stay afloat. Across this country, including throughout Arizona, millions of families are struggling to afford basic healthcare…

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Dec 3, 2025

Mr. Speaker, the Trump regime's mass deportation agenda is not about public safety. It is part of a much bigger story of corruption, cruelty, and abuse of power that defines Trump's America. Earlier this year, Congress authorized a massive…

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Nov 18, 2025

the walls are closing in on Donald Trump and his rich and powerful friends who either abused or raped children or who were enabling and complicit in these heinous crimes for decades. This vote today matters, but here is the truth: Donald…

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Sep 18, 2025

I rise today to call for empathy in the wake of fear-driven hate. Fear has become the air we breathe in America. Parents breathe it as they drop their kids at school, wondering if today will be the day they get a call that no parent should…

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Sep 9, 2025

this week I offered four commonsense amendments, several with bipartisan support, that would have made the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act stronger and more responsible. I want to specifically highlight two of these…

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Jul 8, 2025

I do not believe that the president of the United States should be conducting unilateral military action without authorization from Congress.

democracynow.org
Jul 8, 2025

Donald Trump conducted, and is still conducting, the entirety of his foreign policy decision-making as it pertains to this issue via posts to Truth Social.

democracynow.org
Jul 8, 2025

The most important thing that we have to do right now is hold the Republicans that voted for this bill accountable for the devastation that they are causing and the lives that will be impacted.

democracynow.org
Jul 8, 2025

The regime is not the people. The people of Iran are vehemently against the regime.

democracynow.org
Jul 8, 2025

This outrageous, and this should not be the United States of America in the year 2025.

democracynow.org
Jun 26, 2025

It's full-blown, dangerous Islamophobia and racism.

commondreams.org
May 14, 2025

I rise today in support of long-overdue legislative measures to prevent Members of Congress from trading stock. The original STOCK Act passed in 2012 bars a Member of Congress, the President, Vice President, and high-level staff from…

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May 6, 2025

On Sunday night, the community that I represent in Glendale, Arizona, was rocked by yet another mass shooting in America. As families and friends came together to eat, drink, and dance, they looked forward to celebrating Cinco de Mayo and…

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May 5, 2025

A tragic incident occurred last night in my district outside the El Camaron Gigante restaurant in Glendale. A senseless act of violence took the lives of three people, injured five others, and shattered our community. I am heartbroken to…

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