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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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Sep 21, 2020

We did that. We passed it. It is called the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (Heroes) Act.

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Sep 9, 2020

The Federal Government is the only entity that can step into a breach like this.

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Sep 9, 2020

The reality is that the virus has been in charge because we have had horrible Federal leadership on this.

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Sep 9, 2020

We want to reopen our State, we want to reopen our economy, but we want to do it in a sensible way, in a way that is safe.

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Jul 9, 2020

I think you are correct that we are in a new cold war, which I think is sad and too bad.

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Jul 9, 2020

Putting a bounty on U.S. soldiers to kill them, to me, feels different.

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Feb 12, 2020

I am not sure about this 'hugs' thing either. The new President says 'hugs instead of bullets.' I am not sure that is going to work.

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Feb 12, 2020

I think most of us here, really all of us here on the dais, want to see a very successful Mexico.

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Feb 6, 2020

Unnecessary delays in union representation elections enable employers to have more time to campaign against unions through lawful or unlawful means. Once the NLRB determines that an election should go forward, the details of the election…

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Feb 6, 2020

Like many of my colleagues, I rise today in support of National Gun Violence Survivors Week. Every year, over 36,000 Americans are killed in acts of gun violence, and almost 100,000 more are shot and injured. This includes nearly 3,000…

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Feb 6, 2020

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: On page 19, line 15, strike ``and''. On page 19, after line 15, insert the following: ``(B) a regional…

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Feb 4, 2020

I always tell my two daughters, 'Don't listen to what people say. Watch what they do.'

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Jan 27, 2020

There is nothing in place now at all, which I think is even worse, obviously, but we have to do something.

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Jan 27, 2020

I personally did not think that the deal that we had with them was a great deal.

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Jan 14, 2020

I do not have a lot of faith in that.

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Jan 14, 2020

I want to agree totally and completely with my colleagues from Florida when he stated, when you have corruption at the top, the very top, you do not have the rule of law.

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Jan 14, 2020

If you want to come to a safe place, come to San Diego. And you simply cross the border, and then you go to, probably, the most dangerous city in the world.

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Jan 14, 2020

It is interesting Mexicans will tell you it is very easy to stop the drug trafficking. Stop using them, because most of the drugs come to the United States.

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Nov 13, 2019

I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. I rise today on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers. Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments over the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or, as you heard, DACA…

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Oct 15, 2019

I am very nervous about the Kurds now in Syria--in particular, ethnic cleansing.

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Oct 15, 2019

what has happened here recently, I think, is a disaster--a terrible disaster

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Oct 15, 2019

I hope that you are a little more aggressive when it comes to discrimination.

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Sep 10, 2019

I think this might be a banner day. I think this is the first time that I have ever sat in a committee, with both Republicans and Democrats, where no one has disagreed that climate change exists.

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Sep 10, 2019

This is the first time--and I have sat in hundreds of hearings--that climate change has been brought up and there hasn't been ridicule about it.

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