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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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Apr 26, 2022

we shouldn't be paying these exorbitant prices.

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Apr 26, 2022

the Department of Defense apparently found that if you just use-- that there is a way to produce the same thing for $300 instead of $10,000, it seems it might be worth checking out, whether some of these commercial things are worth it.

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Apr 26, 2022

The Pentagon and the American taxpayers, I think, are really getting ripped off by many of these contracts.

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Apr 5, 2022

So we have to care for the caregivers, both the home caregivers, the family caregivers, and the people who work there too.

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Apr 5, 2022

I am the Chair of the Task Force on Aging and Families, and this has been a priority for me.

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Apr 1, 2022

I want to thank the chairman for his leadership, but I also want to recognize Representative Blumenauer for his decades of work on this issue. The MORE Act is the most comprehensive marijuana reform bill in Congress, and it is rooted in…

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Mar 31, 2022

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, Americans pay 10 times as much for insulin as do any other consumers in countries around the world. The exact same drug. You know, we actually have the names of people who have died…

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Mar 28, 2022

the agency has really been starved of resources and has lost significant staff capacity over the years.

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Mar 28, 2022

the rich have been getting richer and the poor have been getting poorer, not by accident but by policy.

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Mar 28, 2022

the President believes in building an economy from the middle out and the bottom up.

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Feb 15, 2022

I say it is cynical because, you know, I was on the Simpson-Bowles Commission.

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