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Pete Aguilar

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Pete Aguilar is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 31st congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served in Congress since January 6, 2015. Aguilar has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development during his tenure. He has also been active in advocating for voting rights and addressing climate change.

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Apr 5, 2022

It is frustrating that the dual standard is in place.

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Apr 5, 2022

Like my colleagues, I believe that we need to manage our Southern Border in an orderly fashion; however, we must ensure that we treat migrants at our borders with compassion, dignity and respect, regardless of the country that they are…

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Mar 31, 2022

He feared it could potentially happen again.

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Mar 31, 2022

If individuals didn`t even make an attempt, I think that`s pretty clear cut that they didn`t -- that they didn`t meet a level of compliance that`s necessary. So, they should be held to that same standard, and they should be held in…

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Mar 31, 2022

Our job is to tell the story and to make sure that this never happens again. That’s our objective and our goal.

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Mar 28, 2022

Mr. Navarro has publicly stated that he is protected by executive privilege but has never sought counsel as others have.

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Mar 28, 2022

Our committee is dedicated to getting to the truth and to taking any steps necessary to do so.

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Mar 27, 2022

Peter Navarro's testimony is integral to our investigation.

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Mar 27, 2022

Our Committee is dedicated to getting to the truth and to taking any steps necessary to do so.

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Mar 2, 2022

He’s supporting of making sure that we do everything we possibly can to protect democracy, and that we all understand how close we came to losing it on that day 14 months ago.

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Mar 2, 2022

The timeline could be very quick. The judge could rule in our favor. And we would receive those documents. We have received thousands of documents already from Dr. Eastman.

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Mar 2, 2022

Our job is to tell the truth, to find the facts, and to make sure we look at everything that led up to January 6.

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Mar 2, 2022

His conversations with those elected officials, his conversations with the then-vice president and the former president, those are all important aspects of what we need to get to the bottom of.

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Mar 2, 2022

We’re in this position because he has lost time and time again in the court, fighting submitting documents to us we feel that are important to our investigation.

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Mar 2, 2022

The president talked about this extensively. He came to the Capitol. He came to the scene of the crime and gave an anniversary speech on January 6 that was moving.

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Mar 2, 2022

All of that combined really shows me that he is supportive of our efforts, that he’s supporting of making sure that we do everything we possibly can to protect democracy.

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Feb 15, 2022

But clearly, folks within the former presidents orbit and folks who worked on this scheme were not based in any type of reality. And anyone who is seeking public office should be grounded in reality.

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Feb 15, 2022

We feel that we’re making significant progress. But ultimately, what’s your reporting shows is just the depths to which this is gone. And the silencing of millions of votes that this campaign official was asking the states, by silencing…

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Feb 15, 2022

We want both the production of documents, as well as their testimony. That’s what we’ve sought out of each individual who’s received a subpoena. That’s our expectation.

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Feb 15, 2022

The select committee is in possession of communications reflecting her involvement in a coordinated strategy to conduct Republican members of state legislators, in certain states that former President Trump had lost, and urge them to…

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Feb 3, 2022

What we will continue to gather is additional information. We will work on the timeline, we will work on the players, we will work on the levels to which the White House was actively involved. We clearly know the top lines here, and that's…

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Feb 2, 2022

From my perspective, it’s incredibly important because it reinforces the fact that they didn’t want to abide by a free and fair election or support a peaceful transfer of power.

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Feb 2, 2022

I think it shows just exactly how dangerous it is, and that we were truly at the doorstep of a democratic and constitutional crisis. But the fact that he`s dangling pardons for these individuals who hurt 140 Capitol Police officers is just…

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Feb 1, 2022

Absolutely, when is enough, enough, when a mob is chanting hang Mike Pence, it wasn’t enough. When the former president asked Brad Raffensperger to find him 11,000 votes, it wasn’t enough. Now he’s, you know, dangling, pardons if he gets…

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