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Jackie Speier is a former U.S. Representative from California, serving in the House of Representatives from January 3, 2008, until January 15, 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented California's 14th congressional district. Speier is known for her advocacy on issues such as women's rights, healthcare, and gun control. She gained national attention for her work on the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights and her efforts to address military sexual assault. Speier's political career began in the California State Assembly, where she served from 2002 to 2006 before moving to the U.S. Congress.
I thank the gentleman. Are we able to distinguish the plot of ``Home Alone'' from congressional proceedings? Today, I am not so sure. I find myself comparing the bumbling criminals trying to break into a house to the misleading criminals…
Some universities protect predatory professors with slaps on the wrist and secrecy, just like the Catholic Church sheltered child-molesting priests for many decades. The incidents described in this report are lurid and disturbing. One…
Universities are supposed to be in the business of illumination, but as we have seen in recent cases at Cal Tech and at UC Berkeley, that is not always the case. At UC, world-renowned astronomer Geoff Marcy sexually harassed students for…
Last year, newly elected Speaker Ryan made a New Year's resolution that the House would once again consider serious legislation for the benefit of the American people. Yesterday was the very first day of our legislative session, and the…
While many around the world are watching the climate talks in Paris, some of my constituents along the San Francisco Peninsula are watching the Pacific Ocean. That is because an unusually warm climate and water has led to a record toxic…
Faisal Shahzad was already on the no-fly list when he attempted to bomb Times Square in May of 2010. If he had decided to walk into a gun store that day, he would have walked out with a gun in hand. Fortunately, Shahzad's bomb failed to go…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the gentlewoman just referred to H.R. 3859 as a unanimous bill that came out of Homeland Security. She spoke about how this measure is going to get rid of reporting requirements and…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 4, nays 394, answered ``present'' 2, not voting 33, as follows: [Roll No. 677] YEAS--4 DeFazio Harris…
I thank my colleagues for joining in this effort tonight. I would like to thank my colleague and coauthor of the House version of this bill, H.R. 2191, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, for her support and leadership on this issue. I want to also…
I am sick to my stomach this morning because we have just witnessed the 45th school shooting this year. There have been more than 294 mass shootings this year, and we have only had 272 days this year. I am not going to stand for another…
Planned Parenthood provides 865,000 pap smears and breast exams a year. That is more than the entire population of States like Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota. I want to introduce you, Members on the other side of the aisle, to Colleen…
There is an old saying that says you can catch a lot more bees with honey than with vinegar. It turns out that that is true in business, too. The confectioners industry employs a whopping 55,000 busy worker bees in the United States--that…
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