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Brad Schneider

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Brad Schneider is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schneider has focused on issues such as healthcare, economic growth, and environmental protection during his tenure in Congress. He has been an advocate for policies that prioritize the wellbeing of his constituents and has actively sought common ground with colleagues across the aisle while opposing legislation that he believes undermines the needs of the people he represents.

Quotes by year · 2013–2026383 total · peak 2017 (62)
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Apr 29, 2024

In the wealthiest country in the world no child in this country should be living in poverty.

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Apr 29, 2024

In the American Rescue Plan, we cut child poverty in this country by 50 percent through the child tax cut.

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Apr 16, 2024

It is unwise and deeply myopic for leaders in the West to believe they can ignore one country's threats and still hope to counter the threats of the other, that these two things are linked.

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Apr 16, 2024

The modern world order, as we talk about it, the rules-based order is... under dire threat both in Ukraine because of Russia's attack, and the Middle East because of Iran's actions.

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Apr 9, 2024

Last week there were 19 Members of the Republican freshman class who were in Israel. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Yakym), one of those 19 Members.

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Feb 13, 2024

The Houthis are anti-American, anti-Israel, and anti-Semitic.

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Feb 13, 2024

Iran is our enemy not because we want them to be, but because the government of Iran wants us to be.

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Feb 13, 2024

We face an immediate crisis with global implications. The Houthis are threatening global trade.

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Feb 13, 2024

We cannot allow the Houthis to disrupt global trade.

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Feb 13, 2024

The victims of this are the people of Yemen. And, you know, the Houthis have their own agenda, but it is certainly not to lift up the people of Yemen.

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Feb 13, 2024

We are safer, the world is safer, when the United States is leading.

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Feb 13, 2024

This is essential funding that our allies need and our security relies upon.

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Feb 13, 2024

I look at the world and see great dangers.

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Feb 13, 2024

I just will happen to be in Vienna on vacation and will visit you. But I'm not a part of the delegation.

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Feb 5, 2024

Unfortunately, this bill is not one of the measures where we were able to achieve a compromised text.

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Feb 5, 2024

I agree that the Houthis are terrorists.

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Feb 5, 2024

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have an amendment at the desk.

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Jan 31, 2024

Today I rise in support of this truly meaningful bipartisan legislation that will benefit millions of needy children. This bipartisan bill is the most significant, if not the only significant legislation passed so far this Congress…

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Dec 5, 2023

$33 trillion is a massive number and, as you said, Mr. Kogan, it is not sustainable if we stay on the current trajectory.

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Nov 14, 2023

They are creating an anti-Semitism task force, finally, and taking steps.

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Nov 14, 2023

It is fashionable to be anti-Semitic, and the high anti-Semitism now is anti-Zionism.

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Nov 14, 2023

We need to get the Red Cross into seeing those captives. We need to get those captives home today. Yesterday, in fact.

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Nov 14, 2023

Yesterday my colleague and I, Congressman Brad Schneider at the other end, introduced a bipartisan piece of legislation--the bill number is H.R. 6408--it would authorize the Department of Treasury to revoke the tax-exempt status of any…

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Nov 14, 2023

The tightening of the stranglehold around Nagorno-Karabakh over the years until the ethnic Armenian population was forced to leave was not just about counterterrorism, and it was not just about geopolitics.

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