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Janice Schakowsky

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Janice D. Schakowsky is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 9th congressional district since 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for various progressive issues, including healthcare reform, women's rights, and consumer protection. Schakowsky has played a significant role in shaping policies related to social justice and economic equality throughout her tenure in Congress.

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Jun 19, 2014

In the United States, we have always had a bipartisan tradition of assisting fellow hardworking Americans who have fallen on hard times--until now. As they are looking for their next job, we used to make sure that they had assistance…

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Jun 17, 2014

Knowledge of the problem is important.

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Jun 17, 2014

the families of the victims of GM's defective vehicles deserved better. GM failed you. We are looking at those pictures in the back of the room and they need more than an apology.

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Jun 17, 2014

The Valukas report identifies Mr. Ray DeGiorgio, who you said, Ms. Barra, has no credibility, that the GM design release engineer, that was his title, as being almost solely responsible for key decisions to approve the deadly ignition…

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Jun 17, 2014

I don't want to minimize Mr. DeGiorgio's role or excuse his actions in any way, but I do think these documents going to the fact that the problem at GM is deeper than just one rogue engineer.

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Jun 12, 2014

On June 12, 2014, I was unavoidably detained during the vote on the Democratic Motion to Recommit H.R. 4457, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act (rollcall No. 308). Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' The SPEAKER pro…

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May 30, 2014

I thank the ranking member for yielding. I want to begin by saying that I really appreciate the way in which our committee operates and has come to present this authorization bill to the floor, but I do want to raise some concerns. One of…

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May 29, 2014

We are at a critical moment in history.

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May 29, 2014

We should be the undisputed leader in clean energy technologies and the jobs they support.

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May 22, 2014

As a cosponsor of the USA FREEDOM Act and a member of Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, I have been committed to reforming these laws. No bill is perfect, including this one. The USA FREEDOM Act we are voting on today is quite…

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May 6, 2014

the Democratic committee staff released a memorandum on the amazing number of distortions and false claims that Republicans have made about the Affordable Care Act.

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Apr 9, 2014

We hear over and over again from Republicans about how we can't afford to make investments in education and infrastructure and science and medical research, and we can't keep our promises to seniors; but at the same time, over the past 5…

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