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Katie Porter

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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.

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Mar 11, 2019

Your salespeople sold them that GAP insurance. It was part of the transaction when those customers took out the automobile loans.

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Mar 11, 2019

Why is this money just not being automatically refunded?

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Mar 7, 2019

I am a single mom. When I ran for Congress last year, I spent thousands and thousands of dollars on childcare. Running for Federal office requires 60- to 90-hour workweeks, and I worked every single day, including every single weekend. I…

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Mar 6, 2019

I am a single mom. When I ran for Congress last year, I spent thousands and thousands of dollars on childcare. Running for Federal office requires 60- to 90-hour workweeks. I worked every single day, every single weekend, and I also worked…

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Mar 6, 2019

Can I count on you personally, in your role as Director, to robustly enforce and defend the Military Lending Act?

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Feb 28, 2019

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 3, after line 23, insert the following: SEC. _. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS. Within 150 days after the date…

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Feb 25, 2019

I wanted to compliment you, because when you began to release your Lock and Alert system, one of the things that you did is you removed the mandatory arbitration provision...

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Feb 25, 2019

I would like to start with Mr. Begor, and my question for you is whether you would be willing to share today your Social Security number, your birth date, and your address at this public hearing?

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Feb 25, 2019

If that sensitive information were provided at this public hearing, what are you concerned could happen?

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Feb 25, 2019

So my question then is, if you agree that exposing this kind of information, information like that, that you have your credit reports creates harm, therefore you are willing to share it, why are your lawyers arguing in Federal court that…

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Feb 7, 2019

I thank Mr. Cicilline for his words and his passion and his leadership on this issue. As he said, one of the most basic functions of our government doing our jobs is to keep American families safe and secure. For too long, Congress has put…

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Jan 16, 2019

Huge critical elements of our Federal Government have now been shut down for 26 days. 800,000 blameless Federal employees have already missed their paychecks, and they don't know when their next paychecks are coming. These furloughed…

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Jan 10, 2019

I thank the gentlewoman very much. I appreciate her sharing their stories and adding the stories of Edith and Carol to those that I shared of my constituents. Mr. Speaker, I think this really shows that the harms of the shutdown are being…

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Jan 10, 2019

I am here today to describe the enduring financial challenges that families are experiencing because of the President's government shutdown. I know how terrifying it is when your livelihood is suddenly taken away. I grew up during the…

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Jan 10, 2019

How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California has 43 minutes remaining.

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Jan 10, 2019

I thank the gentlewoman for the kind words. I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Espaillat).

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Dec 31, 2018

After weeks of study, deliberation and conversations with Orange County families, I've decided to support an impeachment investigation of the president.

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Feb 1, 2012

The proposed regulations are inconsistent with our understanding of the statute, inconsistent with previously published PBGC guidance.

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Feb 1, 2012

And Ms. Haggerty, you have complementary but not identical ideas about how to reduce the gap in PBGC's projections.

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Feb 1, 2012

I think a reasonable conservative view is appropriate.

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Feb 1, 2012

Accordingly, Congress should not use reported deficit as a basis for increasing the premiums.

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Oct 3, 2011

I think that one of the major justifications for getting the Bureau put to work quickly is I think we have gone from, as you said, cultures of over-levering to just sort of cultures of panic.

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Jun 25, 2008

I appreciate this opportunity--and to my colleagues, in a bipartisan effort--to make sure we can maintain restrictions on off-reservation casinos and gambling. I want to point out five key areas, Mr. Speaker, that, I think, are part of the…

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Jun 24, 2008

I would like to applaud Chairman McDermott and Ranking Member Weller for their leadership in bringing forward this major piece of legislation that will change so many lives across our country. We have a lot of challenges in our different…

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May 20, 2008

according to 2006 data, nationally, 799,000 children have spent at least 24 hours in foster care and, on any given day, roughly 510,000 children were in the Nation's foster care system. In Nevada, there are currently 5,450 children…

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