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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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May 20, 2019

My legislation, the Fair Drug Pricing Act, H.R. 2296, is a bipartisan, bicameral bill that will force the drug companies to be transparent.

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May 20, 2019

At the very least, there could be more transparency about the way these funds are flowing.

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May 20, 2019

For the first time ever, this bill will offer taxpayers nationwide notice of price increases and bring basic transparency to the market for prescription drugs.

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May 20, 2019

Why have drug prices skyrocketed? Sometimes by 1000 percent?

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May 20, 2019

How much? If you are going to use that as the excuse for raising the prices, then I think we have an absolute right to know how much is being spent.

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May 16, 2019

The real political grandstanding that we are hearing today is from the Republican side of the aisle, which for nearly 10 years has been fighting against the Affordable Care Act. Over 60 times, they voted against the Affordable Care Act…

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May 15, 2019

Let me just remind everyone that the IRA stands for the organization that coordinated all of the online activities dealing with interference in the U.S. election. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier) to…

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May 15, 2019

Volume I, page 35. ``Starting in June 2016, the IRA contacted different U.S. persons affiliated with the Trump campaign in an effort to coordinate pro-Trump IRA-organized rallies inside the United States. In all cases, the IRA contacted…

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May 15, 2019

I thank the gentlewoman for reading. Madam Speaker, I am going to read a quote from the Mueller reporter dealing with Russian interference. ``The first form of Russian election influence came principally from the Internet Research…

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May 15, 2019

Reading from volume I, page 33. ``The investigation identified two different forms of connections between the IRA and members of the Trump campaign. (The investigation identified no similar connections between the IRA and the Clinton…

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May 15, 2019

I thank the gentleman for coming. I yield to the gentlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore) to read a quote from the Mueller report.

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May 14, 2019

I volunteer at a food bank, and at the end of the month who do you see lining up? It's the seniors.

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