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Tony Cárdenas is a U.S. Representative for California's 29th congressional district, having served since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on various issues including education, healthcare, and economic development throughout his tenure. Cárdenas has been an advocate for policies aimed at improving access to quality education and healthcare for his constituents. He has also worked on initiatives to promote economic growth and job creation in his district, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles.
But yet, just a few miles away on the other side of town, book him and book him, send the cops in, get the DEA to do a crash unit or something, and all of a sudden you have people on one side of town who are behind bars, not addressing the…
I fully agree that the X-waiver reflects a longstanding stigma around substance use treatment and sends a message to the medical community that they lack the knowledge or ability to effectively treat individuals with substance use disorder.
Clearly, Spanish language disinformation is an issue, and I would like to make sure that we see all of your platforms address these issues, not only in English but in all languages.
Do you think that each one of your organizations should have an executive-level individual in charge of this department reporting directly to the CEO?
the spread of hatred and incitement of violence on platforms is a deadly problem in America, and we need to see that it stops.
Ladies and gentlemen, millions of families are in the same situation. Let's make the ACA better and stronger for every family in America.
It is our responsibility as we build for the future to provide a safe, sustainable environment for everyone today.
Transitioning to cleaner buses would prevent the release of 5.3 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year.
LIFT America authorizes $650 million over the next 5 years to begin this transition.
The LIFT Act is something that we should move forward, and I support it wholeheartedly.
The LIFT America Act includes language from my bill, Clean Commute for Kids Act, language that will help provide communities with zero-emission schoolbus fleets.
It is a unique and horrible feeling to be in this great country but feel like a second-class citizen.
I hope and pray that this hearing does bring us to a point where we actually properly fund.
I think that we are holding the territories to a standard that is unreal and is unfair.
Thank you very much, Chairwoman Eshoo, and I appreciate Ranking Member Guthrie for having this incredibly important hearing.
I think it is important that government understands that we do have a responsibility of making sure that the guidelines and the lanes in which these incredibly prolific and lucrative businesses are in our homes and in the eyeballs and the…
We all kind of anticipated the learning loss, but then we started to see job market impacts, disproportionately impacting women.
We need to open our schools in person with the best available data, protecting our students and our teachers and employees.
thank goodness President Biden has said all teachers, everyone that works in the school, should be vaccinated
let me tell you this. I think it is important that everybody understand that these negative effects, they do not see color. They do not see race. They do not see gender. A child is a child is a child.
I hope that after today's hearing we will keep these issues in focus, and that is why today, along with my colleague, Representative Trahan, I introduced the Youth Mental Health-Suicide Prevention Act.
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