Mar 20, 2013
I want to explain my strong opposition to the Republican budget and strong support of the Democrat budget amendment because it offers a balanced approach that is fair to seniors, the middle class, and invests in the right priorities. I…
Lois Frankel
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Lois Jane Frankel is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 21st congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as women's rights, healthcare, and economic equality during her time in office. Frankel previously served as the Mayor of West Palm Beach from 2003 to 2011, where she worked on initiatives to improve the city's economy and infrastructure.
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Mar 14, 2013
The last memory that Lynn McDonnell has of her 7-year-old daughter, Grace, is of a beaming, beautiful girl blowing kisses to her from a bus as she went on her way to Sandy Hook Elementary School. Soon thereafter, tragedy struck. Grace and …
Mar 13, 2013
I ask another question: What is the logic in taking little children out of Head Start programs when we know that the path to middle class, the path to be able to take care of your family, to take care of yourself, to be a tax-paying…
Mar 13, 2013
Barbara is in no condition to take care of anybody. Listen, I think we all know, the American people know that we have to get our fiscal house in order. There is a deficit problem for us, but the American people want us to solve it in a…
Mar 13, 2013
Let me ask you this: Does the repeal of the Affordable Care Act come with a repeal of people getting ill? I'm trying to figure out the logic here because if you repeal the Affordable Care Act, if you take Medicare and now you turn it into…
Mar 13, 2013
Thank you, Representative. I want to thank you for letting me join you here today. I just want to say this. I know we've been standing up here and we've been critical of this Ryan budget and, respectfully, I think we're just saying it like…
Mar 13, 2013
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, panel. A question, to change the subject a little bit. I am from south Florida. We have a very high number of seniors and folks with disabilities.
Mar 13, 2013
Thank you, Congresswoman Maloney. I'm pleased to be with you. I came up here as a new Member in a bipartisan spirit, and I really wanted to be standing here today embracing Mr. Ryan's plan; but I have to tell you, I'm worried about it. And…
Mar 6, 2013
On Sunday, March 3, 2 days after the failure of this body to stop the mindless budget cuts of the sequester that will slash millions of dollars for medical research, I was honored to join Bob and Suzanne Wright and thousands of others as…
Mar 4, 2013
I know we have heard some, it is quite horrifying to hear so many of the things you are talking about--human right violations, illicit activities of the counterfeiting of money, cigarettes, drugs.
Mar 4, 2013
What do we in the end do we want to accomplish? North Korea has 21 million people. It is in a strategic location.
Mar 4, 2013
But the increasing nuclear capacity is disturbing, as is assisting Iran in its procurement of a nuclear weapon.
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