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Susan Davis

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Susan A. Davis is a former U.S. Representative for California's 53rd congressional district, serving from January 3, 2001, to January 3, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Davis focused on a range of issues during her tenure, including education, health care, and women's rights. She was known for her advocacy in promoting policies that support families and children, as well as her efforts to improve access to health care services.

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Feb 2, 2016

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

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Jan 12, 2016

I certainly want to be sure that we don't eliminate all the issues around fresh fruits and vegetables and the farm-to-table issues that are very important throughout the country and certainly very important to our military families.

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Jan 12, 2016

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

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Jan 11, 2016

Thank you so much. I am so glad that my colleague from Arizona is here to speak to this. She is very uniquely qualified to do that as one of the first women pilots--or the first--to actually fly in combat. As I remember, the women who…

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Dec 8, 2015

The horrific attack in San Bernardino shows us just how much damage can be done when terrorists have access to firearms; and while we discuss sensible policies that may have prevented this tragedy, I hope we can all agree--certainly, at…

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Dec 8, 2015

If we cannot afford to take care of our veterans and their spouses and their dependents, then we cannot afford to go to war.

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Dec 8, 2015

I think we all need to take responsibility and to do that in a number of ways.

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Dec 8, 2015

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I also want to welcome all of you here today. Thank you for joining us.

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Dec 2, 2015

We have made progress in health care reform by instituting a pilot program on urgent care requiring the DOD to publicly post access standards.

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Dec 2, 2015

We did address retirement reform as well as several other commission recommendations in the NDAA.

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Dec 2, 2015

Your perspective and your views have always been very important to us, and particularly as we have been engaged in the health care reform discussion.

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Nov 18, 2015

This past Friday, the world watched in horror the unfolding of the deadliest attack on French soil since World War II. The attacks in Paris killed 129 people from 26 countries, including one American, a young student from California. To…

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Nov 5, 2015

I want to thank Chairman Thornberry and Ranking Member Smith; my colleague from Nevada, Dr. Heck, chair of the subcommittee; along with the committee staff for working in a bipartisan manner to incorporate the budget changes from the…

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Oct 27, 2015

Speaker Boehner has pledged to clean the barn before handing the Speakership over later this week. So far, we are off to a good start. First, a bipartisan majority is finally able to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. Ex-Im supports…

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Oct 27, 2015

I think, Dr. Kelly, you are suggesting that having the community engaged in the activities is very, very valuable.

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Oct 27, 2015

As we know, each year, over 100,000 service members transition out of Active military service back into civilian society.

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Oct 26, 2015

It is difficult to find that appropriate balance between the acquisition cycle time, and risk.

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Oct 20, 2015

The leverage that we have and whether we use it or we don't, the conditionality, I think these are things that the public responds to.

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Oct 7, 2015

I am very pleased that the subcommittee is continuing to work to help prevent suicides in the military.

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Oct 1, 2015

I work in a community of large numbers of military families. And guess what, the military is no different from the rest of our country. It is made safer and stronger by Homeland Security, by law enforcement, by environmental protection…

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Oct 1, 2015

I want to associate myself with the ranking member because I think that we all work very, very hard on this committee, and I appreciate the work that our chairman has done as well. I have to say I am speaking largely as someone who has…

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Sep 17, 2015

If it is September, it must mean another shutdown on the horizon. The same small band within the House majority is demanding another shutdown of the Federal Government. Mr. Speaker, we have seen this movie before. In the mid-1990s…

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Sep 10, 2015

After much deliberation and soul searching, I am convinced that the P5+1 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action creates a viable path to reduce Iran's nuclear weapons capability. For that reason, I believe this agreement is in the best…

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Jul 28, 2015

The Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act (SOS Campus Act)

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Jul 27, 2015

I know that you care deeply that we continue to fund this at higher rates. We absolutely cannot fall behind the global community in how we address science and innovation.

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