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Jackie Speier

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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.

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Jun 22, 2021

You know, one of the biggest concerns is that these young people don't appreciate there is nicotine in these e-cigarettes.

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Jun 22, 2021

So, the previous administration at one point said they were going to ban fruit flavors and then they reversed themselves, and as a result, menthol JUUL pods were increased by, like, a thousand percent among high school students.

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Jun 22, 2021

The amount of nicotine in an e-cigarette is--is it 12 milligrams? Is that what I read somewhere?

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Jun 22, 2021

So, it appears that there are some companies now that are just, basically, ignoring the requirements, Puff Bar being one of them.

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Jun 22, 2021

But I am deeply concerned that this scandal that has been promoted under a previous administration is going to, you know, scar the lives of these children for the rest of their lives.

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Jun 22, 2021

That is alarming. Thank you. I yield back.

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Jun 15, 2021

So, it`s very consistent with who Donald Trump is. We saw it with the Ukrainian president where he was going to withheld money that we had already authorized to be sent to the Ukraine because he wanted them to do an investigation of Hunter…

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Jun 15, 2021

I was stunned when it became known that Parler, a conservative social media Web site contacted the FBI with e-mails 50 times.

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Jun 15, 2021

This bill is something I have been working on for 10 years and have introduced in every Congress since I came to Congress. It provides $25 million a year for 5 years. Over the last 200 years, 90 percent of the bay wetlands have…

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Jun 15, 2021

I think it should be a select committee. And I think that we have to be clear-eyed about what our colleagues are interested in which is nothing. They don`t want to remember January 6.

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Jun 14, 2021

I have introduced legislation (the Servicemember Parental Leave Equity Act, H.R. 3122) to expand caregiver leave for servicemembers to 12 weeks for both new mothers and fathers.

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Jun 14, 2021

It's just as important for fathers and other secondary caregivers to bond with their newborns.

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