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Juan Vargas

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Juan Carlos Vargas is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 51st congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Vargas has focused on issues such as immigration reform, healthcare, and environmental protection during his time in office. He has been an advocate for the rights of immigrants and has worked to address the challenges faced by his constituents in California.

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Apr 1, 2014

I thought it was outrageous what the Copenhagen Zoo did.

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Apr 1, 2014

My question really is how does this affect the consumers in the United States.

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Apr 1, 2014

That is something that I have never seen it here in the United States. That is something that I imagine wouldn't happen.

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Mar 24, 2014

It is dangerous when we canonize a strong man and I think some of the language that I heard today about Putin filling the churches in Russia and somehow unifying people around the Russian area is dangerous.

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Mar 4, 2014

Israel is our closest and faithful ally and we should act accordingly.

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Mar 3, 2014

I see that and I believe that a nuclear Iran is still the most serious threat to our national security.

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Mar 3, 2014

I think the greatest threat to our security is a nuclear Iran.

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Mar 3, 2014

I think it has been a mistake to relax sanctions on Iran.

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Feb 4, 2014

I think a lot of the nations there become somewhat confused and complex.

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Jan 27, 2014

I think it was a terrible mistake.

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Jan 14, 2014

The American people are starting to get, I think, really weary of this.

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Jan 14, 2014

I ask that today we extend the crucial and critical unemployment insurance lifeline to the 1.3 million jobless Americans who have already lost coverage. In California alone, 214,000 people have already lost their unemployment coverage…

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Dec 11, 2013

Two years after the U.S. forces departed Iraq, al-Qaeda's influence and capabilities have grown significantly, particularly in the Sunni communities.

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Dec 9, 2013

I do think it is naive, and I don't think it makes us safer, unfortunately, and I don't think it makes our allies safer, especially Israel.

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Nov 12, 2013

I think we have to get the ultimate deal first or no deal at all.

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Nov 12, 2013

And that, to me, sounds absolutely obvious.

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Nov 12, 2013

I do have to ask, as many of my constituents ask, was it all worth it? Was it worth it?

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Nov 12, 2013

Thank God for the French on this. At least they are open-eyed on this.

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Nov 12, 2013

It is interesting how the French really stepped in and say, what are you guys doing? This is not enough. You can't trust this deal.

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Nov 12, 2013

Thank God for the French. They saved us on this one.

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Oct 28, 2013

I want to see us continue to work with Egypt, not abandon Egypt. I think that would be a horrible mistake.

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Oct 28, 2013

I have great concerns about that.

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Oct 28, 2013

I had great concern when President Morsi was elected. I believed that the country was going to head toward radical Islam.

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Oct 28, 2013

Let's not stiff arm our friends. That's a bad policy.

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