“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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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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May 24, 2021

Good afternoon. My name is Jackie Speier, I chair the Military Personnel Subcommittee, and we are now going to bring this committee hearing to order.

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May 24, 2021

I find that totally unacceptable.

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May 24, 2021

We want you to set up--this is required by law.

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May 24, 2021

We wish we had more information in order to actually understand the command actions.

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May 24, 2021

I want to welcome everyone. This is going to be a completely virtual hearing, and we have a very important topic to talk about today.

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May 24, 2021

But, first, let me welcome our new ranking member to the committee, Congressman Mike Gallagher.

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May 18, 2021

I was very supportive of an amendment that was put into the NDAA to require that women register for Selective Service.

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May 18, 2021

I wholeheartedly endorse the commission's recommendations.

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May 17, 2021

AbbVie successfully created what the title of the slide suggests, an entire estate of patent protection.

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May 17, 2021

Did AbbVie really need 256 separate and new patents? Did they have 256 new inventions related to Humira?

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May 17, 2021

the Federal Government negotiated the price of these drugs.

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May 11, 2021

I fear that the NDAA is too late; if we have to wait for the NDAA to provide the funding, that we will have jeopardized many lives.

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