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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 16, 2021

Workplace violence has reached epidemic levels and is the third greatest cause of job death right now. Nurses, medical assistants, emergency responders, and social workers face some of the greatest threats, suffering more than 72 percent…

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Apr 15, 2021

This year marks the 58th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. Despite the goal to ensure equality for women in the workplace, nearly 60 years later, the pay gap still exists. Women today, on average, make 82 cents for every dollar earned by a…

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Apr 14, 2021

Every American family really does deserve to know whether the water that they use to cook and bathe and drink is safe.

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Apr 14, 2021

I just wanted to say how important it is, and this hearing in general, and bringing it home, bringing it home to our families.

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Apr 14, 2021

I introduced the SHARED Act... to require testing of water sources near hydraulic fracturing operations.

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Mar 25, 2021

Facebook was very much involved, and Zuckerberg admitted to it, or Facebook did a couple of years ago, for the genocide that took place in Myanmar, of the Rohingya people.

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Mar 25, 2021

when they are making money, and they are hand over fist making plenty of money, that they have to be accountable for the messaging that they are putting out there.

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Mar 25, 2021

the day of software regulation is really entered, and that now it is time for us to regulate and that we intend to, that we’re going to regulate, we’re going to legislate, and they are going to be held accountable for what’s on -- what’s…

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Mar 24, 2021

Will you admit today that Facebook groups, in particular, played a role in fomenting the extremism that we saw and that led to the Capitol siege?

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Mar 24, 2021

The witnesses here today have demonstrated time and time again that they do not--that self-regulation has not worked.

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Mar 24, 2021

The regulation that we seek should not attempt to limit constitutionally protected freedom of speech, but it must hold platforms accountable when they are used to incite violence and hatred or, as in the case of the COVID pandemic, spread…

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Mar 24, 2021

Many companies have used Section 230 as a shield to escape consumer protection laws.

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