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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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Mar 2, 2020

I wanted to mention that one of my constituents asked why the GPO doesn't produce a Congressional Directory until about three-quarters of the way through Congress when it would be more useful to have it sooner.

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Mar 2, 2020

I wanted to go to a local issue in the San Diego community.

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Feb 26, 2020

I had asked General Milley about the cut to the Virginia-class submarine.

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Feb 25, 2020

If they--if they were not requested and if they are not important, if they are not a high priority, why are they there? And aren't there many, many more uses that we have for those dollars?

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Feb 25, 2020

They are there because Congress put them there.

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Feb 25, 2020

But what--could you tell us what funds are you planning on transferring to the wall in 2021 so that we can find a better use for those dollars now?

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Feb 13, 2020

244 years ago women were left out of our Constitution by the men who drafted it. But since then, generations of women and men have blazed a steady trail towards equality in this country; but we still do not have constitutional equality. I…

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Feb 4, 2020

We are supposed to be funding special needs at 40 percent. We are nowhere near there.

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Jan 16, 2020

When a college makes promises to recruit students, we expect those promises to be met. Yet time after time we see colleges closing or losing accreditation, leaving their students with worthless degrees. There are currently 240,000…

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Jan 9, 2020

I voted against the 2002 AUMF. In coming to that very difficult decision, I learned an important lesson: that we must ask every administration that seeks to use military force how it will manage the consequences of its actions, even if…

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Jan 8, 2020

The military pay system is not designed for junior enlisted members with families in high-cost areas.

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Jan 8, 2020

what you feel sometimes gets lost, sort of, on the radar screen in terms of what the needs of people, of voters really are

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