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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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Dec 3, 2019

So I wanted to also quote, and I think you were just repeating that earlier, that you testified that, quote, 'Cosmetics firms, are responsible for the safety of their products and ingredients,' and, quote, 'In our experience, most firms…

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Dec 3, 2019

It is time to act. It is the legislation that has a name that is regulated and yet it is not regulated, and we need to move aggressively right now to protect.

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Nov 19, 2019

I think it is, perhaps, the greatest challenge facing the 21st century.

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Nov 19, 2019

Would you agree that the economic and social cost of not addressing climate change is far greater than any risk to incurring additional debt?

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Nov 19, 2019

So it is not just stopping the harm. It is improving the communities.

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Nov 19, 2019

Is there anyone on this panel who thinks that the Environmental Protection Agency is doing the job that it was supposed to do?

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Nov 19, 2019

The Environmental Protection Agency's mission to protect humans, and the environmental health has really been eroded every day by this administration.

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Nov 19, 2019

The issue of environmental justice is so very, very important.

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Nov 13, 2019

A higher minimum wage, I am talking about us, would raise the income of low-income families who are more likely to spend whatever they earn.

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Nov 13, 2019

I was heartened by the Fed's recent announcement that it will finally create its own real-time payment system which will help low-income families save billions of dollars each year in overdraft fees and exploitive check cashing and payday…

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Oct 28, 2019

I think what you heard from Mr. Reed and myself, and those people who have experienced the use of hospice care, what a great and wonderful blessing it can be to our families. Mr. Speaker, I support the legislation, and I reserve the…

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Oct 28, 2019

I am prepared to close now just by saying the cost of prescription drugs is an issue on the minds of all of our constituents, in a bipartisan way, all across the country, and this bill will provide much-needed transparency around the…

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Oct 28, 2019

I am prepared to close with this. Nurses are the backbone of our healthcare system. It looks like, in a bipartisan way, everybody loves nurses. They provide frontline care in a variety of settings and often work to supervise and coordinate…

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Oct 28, 2019

I certainly urge all my colleagues to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Titus). The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky) that the House…

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Oct 28, 2019

This administration is working overtime to promote big oil at the expense of farmers and rural communities and average Americans everywhere.

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Oct 28, 2019

So the current issue surrounding the Renewable Fuel Standard perfectly, in my mind, sums up the priorities of the Trump administration.

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Oct 28, 2019

Brand USA has been great for Chicago, so I am excited to make sure that the program is reauthorized.

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Oct 28, 2019

I am sure that all of my colleagues here would agree that their lives have been enriched by their own travels.

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Oct 28, 2019

Doing so strengthened the FTC in four ways.

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Oct 28, 2019

I am also pleased that we are reauthorizing the U.S. SAFE WEB Act.

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Oct 28, 2019

Brand USA was authorized to work directly with the United States tourism and travel industry to maximize the social and economic benefits of travel.

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Oct 22, 2019

Administrator Verma, it is simply your tenure that has focused on undermining the ACA.

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Oct 22, 2019

You and the Trump administration who have done everything you can to sabotage the ACA.

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Oct 22, 2019

Where is the plan? Do you have a plan that you can present to us or is this another pie-in-the-sky promise?

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Oct 22, 2019

And time and time again this administration, including you and President Trump himself, have used inflammatory rhetoric to spread falsehoods and misinformation about the ACA.

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