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Katie Porter is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 47th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she has gained recognition for her advocacy on consumer protection and accountability in government. Porter is known for her engaging questioning style during congressional hearings, often using visual aids to illustrate her points and hold corporations accountable. She has focused on issues such as healthcare, economic inequality, and the rights of consumers.
the thrust of the bill is bringing down costs, and for American families in the short term through things like reducing the health care premiums that families pay within the Affordable Care Act, reducing the price of prescription drugs and…
This bill is going to reduce the deficit. It is going to be a balanced approach.
I think this reconciliation package is going to really help kind of put -- kind of underline for voters that we have addressed not just a couple issues really well like infrastructure and gun violence.
It is simply wrong to ask people to send you back to Washington if they don`t have trust in you.
It`s going to make investments in climate change and energy security and in healthcare, it`s going to raise revenue by creating a more fair tax code and it`s going to bring down the deficit.
Kyrsten Sinema should be putting the needs of the American people first, and that the American people benefit from a fair tax code.
People want to make their own private decisions about whether to give birth, but whether to have an abortion, about whether to marry the person they love be they have an opposite sex or same sex regardless of their sex.
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We absolutely -- the United States is a very large purchaser virtually everything including guns. And we ought to very well be able to use that authority to try to make sure manufacturers that we are using our tax dollars to buy their guns…
If we don’t let manufacturers sell faulty appliances, we don’t let Americans buy faulty appliances because if they short-circuit and start a fire, it would burn down not only your house but your neighbor’s house. It’s the exact same thing…
The two most obstinate categories of CEOs that I’ve encountered, and I have a lot of contenders for this award, Lawrence, would be the gun manufacturers and big oil companies. Both of those industries simply refuse to acknowledge their…
How many of your firearms come equipped with fingerprint scanning mechanisms?
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These fingerprint scanners are offered in some firearms. Some manufacturers sell this, and they work.
Other industries take seriously their responsibility to manufacture products that protect consumers.
Mr. Daniel, same question. Will your company commit to adding fingerprint scanners to every Daniel defense firearm?
Mr. Killoy, will you company commit to adding fingerprint scanners to every firearm Ruger manufactures?
Magazine disconnects are also not new. These features come standard in every gun that is sold in my home state, and those features prevent accidental deaths.
We should let people who are pregnant make the decision whether or not to carry that child, to deliver that child, and to raise that child.
The choice to give birth is not just a major health decision. It is an economic decision for an entire family.
When extremist politicians prevent Americans from making their own decisions, they force patients to give birth to children that they may not be able to care for.
Denying abortion does not just correlate with worse physical health but also leads to financial problems.
They are telling us now that they`re going to have a nationwide ban on abortion, and it`s up to us in 2022, to stop them in their tracks, and again, protect our health care.
This is a terrible outcome, not just for women, but for all Americans. The last thing I needed tonight was a lecture from Justice Alito about how easy it is today to be a parent.
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