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Jose Luis Correa

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Lou Correa is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 46th congressional district since January 3, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Correa has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development during his time in office. He has been an advocate for immigrant rights and has worked to support local communities in California. Prior to his congressional role, Correa served in the California State Senate and the California State Assembly, where he gained experience in legislative processes and public policy.

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Apr 26, 2021

I saw a young lady 14 years old that had gotten raped a number of times by a number of men on that trip.

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Apr 26, 2021

Having children, unaccompanied children in harm's way is never something to be taken lightly.

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Apr 26, 2021

If we don't do something to address the root causes, it will continue for the next 20 or 30 years.

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Apr 26, 2021

We need a Marshall Plan. We need to stabilize Central America.

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Apr 22, 2021

April 30 we will commemorate the 46th anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon. On this day we are reminded of the pain of losing your homeland and the sacrifices made in the search for freedom from tyranny. When Saigon fell in…

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Apr 21, 2021

When the President first announced his Muslim ban, I immediately went to LAX. I went because constituents were telling me that they couldn't get their relatives into the U.S. Individuals who were traveling to the U.S. that had been…

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Apr 19, 2021

The SAFE Banking Act can be summarized in three basic points. First of all, this measure does not legalize anything at the State level. Today, 47 States, four U.S. territories, and D.C., representing 98 percent of the U.S. population, have…

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Mar 18, 2021

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Let me just bring back the issue at hand, which is our Dreamers. Dreamers are taxpayers. They obey the law. They work. They go to school. They are firefighters. They are police officers. They are nurses…

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Mar 16, 2021

When are we going to start--what are the long-term solutions to this problem?

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Mar 10, 2021

Are we winning the War on Drugs? No, we are not.

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Mar 10, 2021

It breaks my heart to know that we are giving them the impossible job of fixing our societal problems of homelessness, drug addiction, and mental health.

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Mar 10, 2021

Putting a drug addict in jail, does that straighten him or her out?

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Mar 10, 2021

One of the things I did the last few months was to visit our juvenile hall where I found that most of the young ladies in juvenile hall are there because of prostitution--prostitution related to trying to raise money by selling their…

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Mar 10, 2021

Should we address drug addiction as a medical issue instead of a criminal issue? Absolutely, yes.

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Feb 23, 2021

Absolutely. Whether it is through the Government Accountability Office or other means, if the FBI is refusing to provide data that Congress needs to serve its policymaking function, then Congress has robust tools to compel that information.

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Feb 23, 2021

This White supremacist, this hate, is a cancer on our nation.

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Feb 23, 2021

I called on the House Homeland Security Committee to hold hearings on this growing threat.

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Feb 10, 2021

We know our economy is better off because of hardworking immigrants, and this COVID-19 pandemic has shown that it is more apparent than ever.

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Feb 10, 2021

Would you say, as an issue of subwages, just give them a green card and then they will essentially work for the legal wages and they wouldn't be cutting or undercutting American citizens.

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Feb 10, 2021

the only people that take those jobs are immigrants, not even the children want to take those nasty jobs.

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Feb 10, 2021

How can we address that issue of repatriating these legal immigrants that should be Americans who are deported because of our archaic immigration laws?

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Feb 3, 2021

This is not a Democrat or Republican issue, but, rather, this is an issue about security of all Americans, here and abroad.

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Feb 3, 2021

I called on this kind of a hearing to address this home-grown right-wing terrorism.

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Feb 3, 2021

I think that, if we go in the direction of adding terrorism statutes to deal with the domestic issue, we are going to become embroiled in endless discussions about definition and about designation of groups.

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