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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.
I know you have heard the story. Sunday, in Las Vegas, 59 people at a concert were mowed down and more than 500 were wounded. I know you have heard this story, too: last June, 49 cellphones on the floor of the Pulse Nightclub were ringing…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 3440, the DREAM Act, to protect DREAMers like Mariella. She is a Ph.D. student at UC Irvine. It is time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Trott). As previously…
I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 426. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hill). The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the…
The American people are becoming more and more aware of the degenerative disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, due to the crisis in the NFL. The NFL, of course, has been trying to sweep this under the rug. Very recently…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 37, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $25,000,000) (increased by $25,000,000)''…
I thank both of my colleagues for their expression of support for the concept of making sure that CTE is studied. I am just hopeful that we can guarantee, through this amendment, that of that $125 million, some portion of it is set aside…
I will just say that going pro, as Mr. Rooney has said, is not the goal of our military academies. If we are concerned about morale because we want to make sure they can go out on the football field and have great games against the Army…
I thank the ranking member for yielding. I voted for this bill in committee because we have brave servicemembers in harm's way that depend on it. But I want to make clear that I don't believe we have done our job to address the unbridled…
Forgoing this testing could not only put our sailors at unnecessary risk, but could also lead to expensive retrofits for years to come. And for what? This is not what Americans expect when they tell us they want a strong defense. This is…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chair, I am truly impressed by my colleague, Mr. Rooney, on any number of issues. This is not one of them. This is absurd. It is absolutely absurd. We have military academies to train the next…
Despite all of these additions, the committee was unfortunately unable to find the required offsets to fund an extension to the Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance to ensure it does not expire in May 2018. This falls short of my strong…
I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his outstanding leadership and candor on our committee. I want to give a special shout-out to our chairman, Mr. Thornberry, who shaved an hour and a half off our deliberations a couple of weeks…
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