I was pleased to learn of the Administration's plan to combat counterfeits entering the country under the leadership of Dr. Peter Navarro.
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.
I have to say the vast majority of the commerce shipped to U.S. consumers skirts normal customs procedures.
I look forward to hearing from our witnesses today about the current state of play and how we can improve the situation, including by arming the Consumer Products Safety Commission and the Federal Trade Commission with the tools necessary…
Unfortunately, we are seeing more and more companies characterizing online commerce as content.
Your budget proposal would cut funding from the toxic risk review and prevention by more than 20 percent.
It can never be said too many times that our environment is in crisis and communities across the country are feeling the effect.
We are concerned that private pharmaceutical companies may end up having a role in this and raising the cost beyond the point that people could well afford it.
Last week, 45 of my colleagues and I sent a letter to President Trump, and what we were talking about is, are we going to be guaranteed affordable treatments or vaccines that are developed?
I find it incomprehensible that you are asking for a molehill when what we really need is a mountain of support here.
We will not be touching your Social Security or Medicare in fiscal 2021 budget?
I am proud to be part of the House Democratic majority that will invest in America's health care, environment, and education for years to come.
President--I mean we totally disagree on that, as do all the advocates for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid who are professionals, as well.
So in 2016, Candidate Donald Trump said, 'I was the first and only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts in Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.'
This is a pro-choice House of Representatives and all of the polling suggests this is a pro-choice nation.
Both ACOG, as we have talked about, and the American Medical Association have taken positions against many of these laws because they are not based on medicine and they are not based on good care of patients.
I know that when I stepped out of the room, Mr. Gianforte allowed Ms. Collett to make incorrect claims about the opinions of medical professionals on the importance of abortion access.
I just have to say how much I resent when you say if you really wanted to care about women, you would do something about prenatal care or you would do something about maternal mortality.
This is about the women who deserve comprehensive reproductive healthcare, all of them.
We will not go back no matter what is happening in states around the country.
Protecting access to abortion care isn't the beginning of women having abortions. But it is the end of women dying from abortions.
In fact, every budget President Trump has proposed has cut critical funding for our public schools.





