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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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Oct 28, 2019

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

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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

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

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

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 will close with this: I thank all the Members who worked together to produce this great legislation, especially my colleague, Congressman Michael Burgess, who has been a champion of these issues and introduced the bill along with me and…

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Oct 22, 2019

The Republicans in the House are all lined up to whine about an investigation that the majority of Americans want to see happen. While the President of the United States has the gall to compare this constitutional process to the horrific…

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Oct 22, 2019

On his first day in office, the President signed an executive order directing Federal agencies to undermine the ACA.

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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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Oct 22, 2019

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

the individual market was in a state of crisis because of 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 15, 2019

It is very important to have that minimum wage.

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Oct 15, 2019

I am all for raising the minimum wage in the way that we did it. It gets to $15 an hour by 2025, is what we have done.

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Oct 15, 2019

We in the House of Representatives voted to raise the minimum wage, gradually, and we also in that same bill got rid of the tip wage, $2.13 an hour, and went to one fair wage.

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Oct 15, 2019

The internet certainly has improved our lives in many, many ways and enabled Americans to more actively participate in society, education, and commerce.

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Oct 15, 2019

I appreciate that advice, and that we should watch carefully and make sure that we are serious about moving closer to a living wage in our country.

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Oct 15, 2019

The internet has improved our lives in many ways and enabled Americans to more actively participate in society, education, and commerce.

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Oct 15, 2019

The spread of such content is problematic, that is for sure, and actually causes some real harm that multibillion-dollar companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter can't or won't fix.

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Oct 15, 2019

This would represent a major unraveling of 200 years of social contracts, community governance, and congressional intent.

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Oct 15, 2019

This is a sensible conversation about how to make it better.

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Oct 15, 2019

I don't think we need to have any adjustment to 230. It just should not be in trade agreements.

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Oct 2, 2019

How many of you have lost a loved one due to gun violence that are here in this room? Raise your hand so I can see that.

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Oct 2, 2019

This is a war that we have to win. Children are hiding in bathtubs in their homes to seek refuge from bullets that may come through.

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