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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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Nov 13, 2019

There was clearly obstruction of justice. It was spelled out in the Mueller report.

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Oct 29, 2019

I thank Chairman Engel, Chairman McCaul, and Mr. Smith, and have a deep sense of gratitude to Congressman Schiff for introducing H. Res. 296; and to my sister, my Armenian sister, Congresswoman Eshoo, for helping us plot this strategy to…

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Oct 23, 2019

money to Ukraine that had been appropriated by Congress was being withheld because the president wanted his pound of flesh from Ukraine in terms of an investigation, placing the country at great risk and all the people and all the soldiers…

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Oct 23, 2019

the selection will probably be made by the chairman, Mr. Schiff. But I am certain we will all be able to weigh in as to who we think are appropriate witnesses to lay out the case.

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Oct 23, 2019

I am as interested as Chairman Schiff is and I think the Democratic Caucus to making sure that there is a very fulsome open hearing discussion on what is a really serious issue.

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Oct 16, 2019

I was in the Rayburn room meeting with constituents and was not alerted to the vote being called. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 560.

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Sep 25, 2019

I thank the chair of the committee for yielding. Madam Speaker, this is a powder keg. This is not as my colleagues on the other side are trying to suggest it is, but they are dealing with alternative facts. As co-chair of the Whistleblower…

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Sep 20, 2019

Instead, Sterling has made a mockery of our laws and has used forced arbitration to make 70,000 women in this country subject to a 14-year process. That is not justice. That is enslavement.

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Sep 20, 2019

I thank the gentleman from Rhode Island for that generous introduction. Madam Chair, I can't believe that we are having this discussion today because it is like there is a parallel universe. I am going to talk about the 70,000 women of…

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Sep 18, 2019

What's so troubling here is, one, that it has been designated as being urgent. And urgent means it is a very serious national security risk.

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Sep 18, 2019

This inspector general -- this is not if you are a conspiracy theorist who believes in the deep state, this is not somebody who has been brewing into the deep state for a decade. This is somebody appointed by President Trump.

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