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Danny Davis

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Danny K. Davis is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 7th congressional district since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as consumer protection and social justice throughout his tenure. Davis has been an advocate for legislation aimed at addressing telemarketing fraud and ensuring honesty in sweepstakes, highlighting his commitment to protecting consumers.

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Sep 30, 2013

It is unbelievable. It is outrageous. It reminds me of the movie, the famous movie on fraud, 'Catch Me If You Can.'

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Sep 10, 2013

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

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Jul 31, 2013

Let me tell you, those kind of benefits--I mean, we can nitpick about verification. We can nitpick about anything that we come up with. But the reality is the American people want to see implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

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Jul 31, 2013

I have never seen the implementation of a new system, a new program, or a new law that covers the entire country, without there being some glitch or some glitches.

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Jul 31, 2013

I do not know how you run for office telling people that you do not want to.

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Jul 31, 2013

Senator Cruz from Texas calls these 'fig leaf votes' to give people some cover when they go home so that people will not see they are absolutely naked.

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Jul 31, 2013

This is not an investigation in pursuit of better government. It is a desperate, 11th hour attempt to stop a law that will help Americans.

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Jul 17, 2013

We had a great relationship with Ambassador Kirk and look forward to working with you.

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Jul 16, 2013

And I think that is so unfortunate because I think that marriage does play a significant role in the ultimate organization and development of our society.

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Jul 16, 2013

I just find that to be incredible work.

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Jul 16, 2013

I want to thank all of the witnesses for coming.

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Jul 9, 2013

Just as we cannot be sure of how much savings there would be, we don't have any reason to suggest that there will be no savings.

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Jul 9, 2013

Bottom line, I mean, we are certain, in a real sense, that the Affordable Care Act has provided for savings...

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Jul 9, 2013

If I am correct, it already has achieved significant savings.

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Jul 9, 2013

GAO is not saying that savings won't be achieved under the Affordable Care Act.

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Jun 26, 2013

I know that much of our conversation has been about transgressions and activity that was outside the realm of what one would expect.

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Jun 26, 2013

I have been tremendously impressed with the report that you have issued, and there are some things that jump out at me.

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Jun 26, 2013

I think you know it is a very difficult situation, that you are going to have a tough job restoring trust in the agency by the American people.

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Jun 25, 2013

Didn't see much benefit from this particular business transaction.

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Jun 25, 2013

I think we've learned a great deal, or we've had, for some of us, reinforcement of thinking and thoughts.

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Jun 17, 2013

The benefits that I have seen people receive generally were not enough to be the kind of reward that might say to a person, I don't really need to go out and seek work as assiduously as someone thinks because I am receiving a benefit that…

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Jun 4, 2013

Trying to strike the appropriate balance between protection of our environment and the health of the American people...

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Jun 3, 2013

We want to know the answer to that question.

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Jun 3, 2013

Why were pro-life groups and groups in support of traditional marriage targeted but not pro-abortion and marriage equality groups treated similarly?

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Jun 3, 2013

Why is it that every Tea Party group that applied for 501(c)(4) status was targeted?

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