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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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Mar 8, 2022

I thank the remarkable gentlewoman from Ohio, whose passion and commitment to the Ukrainian people is just so evident. She said that they will be victorious. I believe her because we are going to make sure they are going to be victorious…

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Mar 8, 2022

I am grateful for the opportunity tonight for a Special Order on this International Women's Day. There are a lot of ironies about this day. We in the Democratic Women's Caucus and the Bipartisan Women's Caucus could not let this day go by…

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Feb 7, 2022

I thank the chairman for the opportunity. This is nothing short of profound; the impact it is going to have on 60 million Americans who don't even know that they have agreed to forced arbitration and the fact that in 98 percent of the…

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Feb 2, 2022

I thank the chairwoman for the bold legislation and for her legacy of service. Members, we cannot rest, we cannot be asleep at the switch. The countries that innovate and commercialize new technologies the fastest will be able to set the…

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Dec 7, 2021

We have now required racial and gender data collection for NJP. We also are providing better access to mental health. In the end, when servicemembers serve so do their families. This bill delivers on our commitment to them and to the…

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Dec 7, 2021

I thank our outstanding chairman. Madam Speaker, this helmet has been on my shelf in my office for 9 years. It has the signatures of 58 military servicemembers who have been sexually assaulted. It was a daily reminder to me that we had so…

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Nov 17, 2021

I take no pleasure in introducing this resolution. No one asked me to introduce it, no one tapped me on the shoulder. I am a victim of violence. I know what it is like. I also was in the gallery clamoring for life when the shots rang out…

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Oct 20, 2021

That is part of what we are trying to do with Build Back Better. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Houlahan), my colleague on the Armed Services Committee and the Military Personnel Subcommittee, and someone…

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Oct 20, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for her comments, and I thank Madam Speaker for allowing us to have this Special Order hour to talk about families in America and what the Build Back Better plan will do to make sure that families have…

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Oct 20, 2021

I am very impressed that my colleague took the red-eye because she was caring for her family and she is here tonight caring for her constituents. I hope the gentlewoman can go home and get some rest. Madam Speaker, I yield to the…

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Oct 20, 2021

I would ask the Congresswoman, before she leaves, she has also served in the military, and as she called upon this being an economic issue, is it not also a national security issue?

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Oct 20, 2021

I thank my co-chair for that passionate speech. I think you pointed out, as heads of households, that the feminization of poverty that was dubbed some 30 years ago is still, in fact, what we are dealing with today.

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