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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 11, 2019

Academia does a pretty good job of recruiting a particular professor and typically the spouse is also highly educated but may not be recruited.

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Mar 11, 2019

The services need to end business as usual.

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Mar 11, 2019

Is 2 years something we should look at? Should it be 3 or 4?

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Mar 6, 2019

40 percent of the deaths are attributed to persons getting prescription drugs in the United States.

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Mar 6, 2019

You should know this off the top of your head. It is 40 percent.

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Mar 6, 2019

It is absolutely shameful that we would sit here and conflate a continuing debate about a border wall with the fact that 70,000 Americans are dying every single year in this country.

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Mar 6, 2019

If you would make the committee -- put on paper a document that goes over the 56 recommendations.

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Mar 6, 2019

I want a commitment from you today that you will make those documents available within the next two weeks.

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Mar 6, 2019

Actually, Ms. McNeil indicated that she is still lacking documents that she needs for assessments.

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Mar 6, 2019

How many of those have been adopted?

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Feb 28, 2019

Today I have the great honor of reading again along with my colleague, Angie Craig, ``I Am Jazz.'' It is a book about a transsexual young boy who becomes a young girl. ``I am Jazz. ``For as long as I can remember, my favorite color has…

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