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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.
I stand today as one of what I am pleased to say is a growing number of members of this body who believe that biomedical research must be one of Congress' highest priorities in allocating scarce federal funding. The role of such research…
perhaps no one has been more critical of the President's foreign policies than I have. In China, in northern Iraq, and in Turkey, the United States has done nothing to cover itself with glory, and much to be ashamed of. In fairness, I…
I rise, albeit reluctantly, to support H.R. 4328, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999. I use the term reluctantly advisedly, since this bill contains many flaws. I will leave to others, at another…
Mr. Greenwood's amendment protects a good program, a program that Members should support. One of our priorities in this bill is public health programs that help expand access to care for the underserved. Title X--as George Bush and Richard…
A year ago, the President and the Congress came to an agreement to work over a 5-year period to bring the budget into balance. As part of that agreement, the President insisted that the funding in areas that were of priorities to the White…
I rise today to expres smy strong support for the conference report to H.R. 4103, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999. I would also like to take this opportunity to recognize the distinguished Chairman of the…
Should we side with the intransigent party? Should we side with the aggressor in a brutal war of ethnic cleansing? Should we side with an administration that cares nothing about its own refugees from the war? Should we side with a…
I think it seems clear to all of us here who have talked about this issue and I think the debate has been a very good one, that we ought to be able to agree on at least three goals: The first and most important goal is that we establish a…
as we come to the floor today to mark the 24th anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Cyprus by Turkish forces, we have spent yet another frustrating and futile year waiting for the Administration to follow through on its promises…
Mr. Speaker, yesterday I had a meeting with Doug Johnson of the Center for Victims of Torture, who is working to find innovative ways to address human rights problems all around the world. He said to me, ``When the only tool you have is a…
Nine years ago, the People's Liberation Army and the State Security Forces of the People's Republic of China turned their weapons on a group of unarmed, peaceful demonstrators who had gathered in the center of Beijing for several weeks to…
I rise to commend my good friend, Bill Young, for his tireless efforts to promote and strengthen the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry. There is no stronger advocate in the Congress for this vital public policy initiative than Bill. His…
this morning in Ankara, Akin Birdal, widely regarded as Turkey's foremost human rights defender, was gunned down in his office by two unknown assailants. He is currently in critical condition in an Ankara hospital. Right-wing extremists…
I am very pleased to speak on the importance of doubling funding for the National Institutes of Health. In my judgment, basic biomedical research, funded through the National Institutes of Health, is one of our Nations highest priorities…
today I come to the floor again to commemorate the anniversary of one of the darkest stains on the history of Western civilization, the genocide of the Armenian people by the Ottoman Turkish Empire. I greatly appreciate the strong support…
I just wanted to say to the gentleman who just finished speaking that I certainly respect the consistency of his ideas, but I disagree. If he had expressed those ideas as a member of the parliament in Turkey or if he expressed them in Iraq…
let me thank the able and distinguished chairman the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] for yielding me this time, but more importantly, for bringing this very significant legislation to the floor today. In light of what is going on in…
I commend him and the gentleman from California for their tremendous leadership in bringing this bill to the floor of the House of Representatives. Madam Speaker, when we complete this series, we will have passed nine very significant…
As we wind up this first session of the 105th Congress, all of us I think are pretty well exhausted. We have had little sleep night after night, especially during the last week. We have been in intense negotiations for hours and hours on…
We began meeting earlier this year, convinced that the annual debate on MFN had ceased to provide any positive results in terms of China policy and desiring to fashion a package of tools that were better equipped to address specific…
while I realize that it is too late to formally remove my name as a cosponsor of H.R. 1534, I want to indicate that I do not support this bill in its current form. My initial understanding of this legislation was that its central thrust…
I assured him, also, that I was certain that the conference would sustain the position of the Senate on this disgraceful tax giveaway to the tobacco industry that should never have found its way into earlier legislation. My colleague, the…
If I believed that the money for national testing would help the children of this country to do better in math and reading, I would support it in an instant. But, Mr. Chairman, we know where we are with respect to the academic achievement…
I am aware of the amendment pertaining to E. coli that was accepted on the Senate bill. While I cannot agree with the amendment's approach of tapping funds already appropriated for other purposes instead of providing an offset to fund the…
as one who has been a long-long-time supporter of the Hyde amendment, and as one who is most proud to have cast his first legislative vote ever in favor of the gentleman from Illinois as Speaker of the Illinois House, I was very pleased to…
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