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Wendy Sherman

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Wendy Sherman is a prominent American diplomat and a member of the Democratic Party, currently serving as the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. She has played a significant role in U.S. foreign policy, particularly in relation to global health and international relations with China. Sherman is known for her emphasis on collaboration in addressing global challenges, including pandemics, and has articulated the importance of managing the U.S.-China relationship as a key geopolitical issue of the current era. Her extensive experience in diplomacy includes serving as the lead negotiator for the Iran nuclear deal.

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Jan 11, 2024

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 6. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Steube). The question is on passage of the bill. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it.

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Nov 7, 2023

Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall No. 612. Amendment No. 47 Offered by Mr. Schweikert The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 47, printed in part B of House…

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Nov 2, 2023

Speaker Johnson brought to this floor a bill to prevent the IRS from auditing the wealthy because: ``Every time a billionaire cheats on their taxes, a member of the House Freedom Caucus earns his wings.'' Speaker Mike Johnson said today…

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Nov 1, 2023

The scenes from Gaza are horrendous, and people want the fighting to end. Some call for a cease-fire. Hamas needs to hear those calls and agree to free the hostages and turn over its rockets, and then we can have that cease-fire. There was…

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Nov 1, 2023

What this bill does is requires a formal report to tell us what, unfortunately, we know informally, and that is that education for terrorism has continued. With this formal report on its way, UNRWA will understand that what is happening in…

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Nov 1, 2023

I have been working on this bill for a long time. I introduced it in the 116th Congress and the 117th Congress, and both times it passed unanimously in the Foreign Affairs Committee. Now, finally, in the 118th Congress, we have it to the…

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Oct 25, 2023

I thank Hakeem Jeffries for his speech in favor of the importance of this resolution. The scenes from Gaza are horrendous and some cry out for a cease- fire. Hamas cannot follow a cease-fire. They exist and it is in their charter to kill…

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Jul 18, 2023

This is an excellent resolution. Israel is not a racist or apartheid state. Congress should and does reject all forms of anti-Semitism and xenophobia, and the United States will always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel. However…

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Jul 18, 2023

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 334, H.J. Res. 70. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 334, I mistakenly voted ``yea'' when I intended to vote ``nay.'' PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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Jul 18, 2023

This is indeed a resolution to roll back sanctions and then hope that maybe we will reimpose them on some other basis not detailed by the gentleman from Florida. This is not some meaningless resolution to feel good about or to message…

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Jul 11, 2023

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close if the gentlewoman from Missouri has no further speakers.

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Jun 21, 2023

Today is a proud day for California, but particularly for the San Fernando Valley. Hundreds of Members of this House did their best to protect America from Donald Trump, but only one did it so well that he is the focus of this ridiculous…

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Jun 5, 2023

The accredited investor framework is in need of improvement. Today, millions of families can be targeted to invest in high-risk, illiquid, nontransparent financial products solely because of the inflated value of their assets, putting at…

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Jun 5, 2023

I have no further speakers and I am prepared to close. I yield myself the balance of my time. I want to respond to the comments from the gentleman from Michigan to some degree. I think I speak for the majority of the Democratic Caucus that…

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Jun 5, 2023

The one person that may be most surprised by us going out of order is the author of this bill, Mr. Gottheimer. I know he is on his way now to this floor, so in order for him to get here before he would have expected to be needed, I will…

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Jun 5, 2023

For closing. This bill passed our committee by a 41-to-0 vote. In passing H.R. 2608, Congress is making sure that smaller companies have scaled-down disclosure obligations in all instances rather than just the initial public offering. We…

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Jun 5, 2023

I think the gentleman from Connecticut said it well: Costs should be coming down because technology is available, yet they seem exactly stuck at a noncompetitive 7 percent. Our investors in companies need more robust competition and fairer…

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Apr 28, 2023

Seeing no one else who wishes me to yield them time, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

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Apr 28, 2023

I would like to address recent events in Pakistan. In evaluating those events, some would say that America should root for whichever political leader styles themselves as more pro-American and has been easier for us to deal with on this or…

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Apr 28, 2023

I will address an issue that will not affect us until the second half of this century, an issue that I first addressed 23 years ago; the first year of this century. It is the issue of engineered intelligence. The race that the engineers…

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Apr 28, 2023

I will turn my attention to an issue that too many in Washington didn't pay attention to, as over 600,000 people died, and now some are not paying attention to the theory that the problem is over. I speak of northern Ethiopia, Tigray…

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Mar 27, 2023

We seem to have escaped the critical stage of this bank meltdown. We have not escaped without cost. The FDIC announced today that they--and this is a vague estimate-- will have to spend $20 billion with regard to Silicon Valley Bank. That…

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Feb 27, 2023

We need a program to collect billions and tens of billions and hundreds of billions from China so that we can make sure that every American corporation that's unfairly treated... is compensated for that unfair treatment.

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Feb 27, 2023

No, it means no studio is going to make any movie that offends China because none of their movies will then be admitted to China.

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Feb 27, 2023

Millions of people died around the world, and a substantial percentage of them died because of China's obfuscation at the beginning.

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