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Norma Torres

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Norma Judith Torres is a U.S. Representative for California's 35th congressional district, having served since January 13, 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, she has a strong background in public service and community activism. Torres has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development throughout her tenure in Congress. She has been an advocate for immigrant rights and has worked to address the needs of her constituents in the diverse communities of her district.

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Jul 22, 2024

The result now, instead of experts weighing in on our Nation's regulations, we will have unelected judges, who do not have policy expertise, making decisions that impact our lives.

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Jul 22, 2024

This is very dangerous. Overlooked, ruling reverses all of that.

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Jul 22, 2024

Mrs. Torres. I would like to request unanimous consent to enter all 922 pages of Trump's Project 2025 into the record so that the American people can see for themselves how deeply terrifying this Trump authoritarian manifesto really is.

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Jul 22, 2024

Today, we are discussing yet another dangerous Supreme Court decision, which reversed the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine.

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May 15, 2024

I think that we should be clear about the credibility of the Republican witnesses that we have in front of us today.

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May 15, 2024

Mr. Adams has a history of making unfounded allegations about illegal voting allegations that were so egregious and so damaging to innocent people and families that a Federal court had to step in.

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May 15, 2024

Here we are again witnessing another attempt to undermine a free and fair and secure American election by continuing to sow doubt ahead of the 2024 election.

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May 7, 2024

The Office of the Clerk ensures the efficiency and effectiveness of legislative operations in the House.

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Apr 16, 2024

This was a Commander in Chief who... did not call his Acting Secretary of Defense or Secretary of the Army to ask why the National Guard was missing.

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Apr 16, 2024

deploy the United States military

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Apr 16, 2024

shoot the protesters in the legs or something

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Apr 16, 2024

For 3 hours and 19 minutes, as that violent mob assaulted law enforcement and hunted for Members of Congress...

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Apr 16, 2024

There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election.

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Apr 16, 2024

Donald Trump dispatched an armed mob to try to overturn the election he knew he lost.

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Apr 9, 2024

I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to demand the immediate release and safe return of the remaining hostages in Gaza who have now spent half a year in captivity. The words of a mother: ``I love you. Stay strong…

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Mar 11, 2024

If they were serious about this investigation and supported law enforcement efforts, then they would not have cut critical funding for Federal law enforcement needed to solve these crimes and others.

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Mar 11, 2024

This Committee should not be used as a platform to feed into internet conspiracy theorists.

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Mar 11, 2024

Maybe it is to peddle crazy, right-wing conspiracy theories about the January 6th pipe bombs spreading in the dark corners of the internet.

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Mar 11, 2024

When that did not work, he summoned an armed mob, riled them up, and dispatched them to the Capitol, endangering the lives of everyone working here that day.

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Mar 11, 2024

the former President--and Republican nominee for President--orchestrated a corrupt scheme to overturn the results of a free and fair election.

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Mar 11, 2024

It is imperative that all who committed criminal acts that day be held accountable for their actions.

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Jan 10, 2024

I thank Representative Larson for bringing us together. Extremist Republicans are once again pushing to end Social Security as we know it, a critical program that supports 67 million people nationwide, 93,000 of them in my district. Make…

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Nov 30, 2023

I thank my good friend from Florida for bringing us together to bring awareness and to never forget the folks who still need to be returned home. Mr. Speaker, I rise to demand the immediate release and safe return of the remaining hostages…

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Sep 29, 2023

We are less than 34 hours from a Republican government shutdown. This is not the time for political theater or political grievances. We are spiraling toward a shutdown that would devastate thousands of working families that I represent…

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Sep 18, 2023

I believe when you say that, sir, because I do not believe that anyone in charge... would have acted very differently than we did that day.

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