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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 10, 2019

I am worried about the Midwest. That is where I am from. We have floods, many of our farms are under water.

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Jun 10, 2019

Twenty years and we are going in the wrong direction.

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Jun 10, 2019

So the President of the United States, when he was running for office, said that he would break the Environmental Protection Agency into little tidbits.

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Jun 10, 2019

If we want to stop people coming from places where they can't farm any more to the United States, we better do something about this.

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Jun 10, 2019

I have been very troubled by what we've seen in regard to what the President said when he was running for office.

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Jun 10, 2019

It seems to me that what we've seen is a scrubbing of any mentions of climate change.

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Jun 10, 2019

It seems to me--am I overstating this? This is existential.

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Jun 3, 2019

It is clear that we have to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps and the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program for at least 5 years, if not longer.

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Jun 3, 2019

This status quo is unacceptable for our growing aging population, for our children, and for all vulnerable communities in our country.

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May 22, 2019

I just want to go on record as saying the two things that you said, a text message or just going to the fob, I think is absolutely not sufficient.

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May 22, 2019

Last year, finally, rear backup cameras became standard in new vehicles; an issue that I championed for a long time before it actually became the law and was enforced.

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