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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 23, 2020

I hope that Mr. Kaplan and Mr. Thiel will soon make it before Congress, make themselves available so that we can ask questions about what role they play.

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Jun 23, 2020

I think I can speak for everyone on this committee when I say that we do not support harmful or racist rhetoric or disinformation online.

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Jun 23, 2020

Section 230 protects business models that generate profits off scams, fake news, fake reviews, and unsafe, counterfeit, and stolen products.

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Jun 22, 2020

You are allowing facilities to literally kick residents out of--out onto the street if there is a more profitable COVID patient to take their place.

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Jun 22, 2020

You have not required--required--states to conduct testing.

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Jun 22, 2020

You delayed data collection on cases and deaths in nursing homes.

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Jun 22, 2020

So, why didn't you require nursing homes to report any data on COVID-19 cases and deaths until May, four months after--you may remember, you told me about the first case in Illinois--January 30th?

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Jun 22, 2020

I have to disagree with you, Dr. Redfield. I think nowhere has the Trump administration's lack of leadership been more apparent than in our nation's nursing homes and long-term care facilities where we have lost 50,000 residents and…

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Jun 22, 2020

Let me just say, this kind of suggesting and recommending has clearly not been enough, in my view.

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Jun 8, 2020

The City of Chicago has been deeply affected by environmental injustice, and we know that, in Chicago, African Americans account for 60 percent of the city's COVID-19-related deaths.

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Jun 1, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis in our Nation's nursing homes and long-term care facilities is a national disgrace, and we have not seen help from the Trump administration.

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May 15, 2020

At least 84,000 people have died in the United States from COVID-19, and almost 40 percent of those deaths are nursing home residents and the valiant workers in those nursing homes. We can and we must do better. The HEROES Act includes…

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Apr 23, 2020

Headlines such as a $55 million contract to a bankrupt company, who is a baker, in order to make N95 masks. ``Hedge Fund Managers Claiming Bailouts As Small Businesses.'' ``Over 43,000 U.S. Millionaires Will Get `stimulus' Averaging $1.6…

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Apr 23, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this resolution. It is sad to say, but this coronavirus pandemic has caused some of the greatest suffering in our time for individuals and for our country at large…

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Mar 27, 2020

I am proud to be here as a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and I rise, as we all know, during one of the most challenging moments in the history of our country and, I would say, the world. Americans are hurting, and families…

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Mar 3, 2020

Unfortunately, we are seeing more and more companies characterizing online commerce as content.

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Mar 3, 2020

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…

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Mar 3, 2020

I was pleased to learn of the Administration's plan to combat counterfeits entering the country under the leadership of Dr. Peter Navarro.

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Mar 3, 2020

I have to say the vast majority of the commerce shipped to U.S. consumers skirts normal customs procedures.

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Mar 3, 2020

I think most normal people wouldn't consider that a settlement at all. No money and no punishment.

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Mar 3, 2020

It is not even a slap on the wrist.

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Mar 3, 2020

I am not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican, and I am not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.

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Mar 3, 2020

Unfortunately, these problems neither begin nor end at ports of entry. Fake reviews are becoming more and more widespread, and up to this point, the FTC has proven that it needs more tools to combat this growing concern for consumers.

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Mar 3, 2020

These programs keep seniors, individuals with disabilities, and their families alive.

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