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Adam Schiff

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Adam Bennett Schiff is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has played a significant role in various legislative efforts and is known for his work on national security and intelligence issues. He served as the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, where he was involved in high-profile investigations and oversight of intelligence agencies.

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Feb 19, 2025

This is someone we cannot trust.

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Feb 19, 2025

Our constituents and communities rely on the hard work and sacrifice of our more than 15,000 seasonal federal wildland firefighters each year.

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Feb 19, 2025

Wildfires don’t discriminate. They hit red states and blue states.

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Feb 17, 2025

Elon Musk is trying to access your personal bank and tax data. The world's richest man should not and cannot be able to snoop around your personal finances. Period. End of story.

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Feb 12, 2025

RFK Jr. will not make America healthy again. But his ignorance may make people sick again.

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Feb 11, 2025

These are our watchdogs who eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, and by eliminating them, they are inviting waste, fraud, and abuse.

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Feb 11, 2025

Ignoring court decisions we don’t like puts us on a dangerous path to lawlessness.

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Feb 11, 2025

Mr. Blanche, I understand everybody can say generically that they'll follow the law. But, I've asked you a simple question about whether you'll preserve evidence, and you can't say 'yes.'

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Feb 10, 2025

Ignoring court decisions we don’t like puts us on a dangerous path to lawlessness.

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Feb 7, 2025

Seasonal firefighters are essential to the public safety of those who live in fire-prone areas, and I am alarmed that federal firefighters are not party to this exemption.

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Feb 7, 2025

I urge you to immediately exempt federal firefighters from the freeze on federal funding, to stop encouraging firefighters to resign, and to provide information on how these actions have impacted the hiring and retention of U.S. Forestry…

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Feb 5, 2025

Donald Trump was always talking about Hillary [Clinton's] emails. What about this email, that potentially exposes the identity of people who are working at the CIA...

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Oct 5, 2024

I think it's the kind of nonsense you hear on the campaign trail. Look, we are where we are, tragically one year after October 7th, because Hamas massacred, raped, tortured 1,200 people a year ago.

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Oct 5, 2024

I think what the president said was all too accurate. Shockingly, breathtakingly, tragically accurate.

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Oct 5, 2024

That, to me, is so telling and so powerful.

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Oct 5, 2024

Running up that margin as much as possible, and turning people out has to be our priority.

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Oct 5, 2024

I do. You know, by the standards of today, I think she can win overwhelmingly.

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Sep 17, 2024

Due to unforeseen events, I was unfortunately unable to cast my vote for legislation considered on the House floor today. Had I been able to be present, I would have voted according to the following: NAY on Roll Call No. 418--H.R. 8314, No…

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Jul 24, 2024

Due to unforeseen events, I was unfortunately unable to cast my vote for legislation considered on the House floor today. Had I been able to be present, I would have voted according to the following: NO, Roll Call 388, on Amendment No. 25…

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Jul 6, 2024

Donald Trump you can always count on to do what's best for Donald Trump, but Joe Biden you can count on to do what's right for the country.

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Jul 6, 2024

Either he has to win overwhelmingly, or he has to pass the torch to someone who can. It's as simple as that. Because what the Supreme Court did in that decision was give the next occupant of that office, whether it's Joe Biden or anyone…

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Jul 6, 2024

You can't discount the chance that, if he loses again, when he loses again, that he will go to even greater lengths to try to overturn the results. The only remedy, really, is the one in all of our hands. And that is to make sure that Joe…

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Jul 6, 2024

This is not just about whether he gave it the best college try, but rather whether he made the right decision to run or to pass the torch. That is the most important decision for him to make right now. This is about whether this country…

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