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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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Mar 11, 2019

People, American people are horrified by this.

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Mar 11, 2019

They see this, I see this as State-sponsored child abuse, I would say even State-sponsored kidnapping, children being taken away from their parents, hundreds, maybe thousands of children.

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Mar 11, 2019

One out of five American children is considered food insecure. That is scandalous, I think.

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Mar 11, 2019

Stop separating children is one idea.

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Mar 11, 2019

This budget envisions really, I think, a radically different America than I believe most Americans can and want to envision.

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Mar 11, 2019

The budget before us cuts Medicaid by $1.5 trillion before really, in my view, cannibalizing it by converting it into a block grant.

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Mar 5, 2019

Simply put, diverse voices are lacking in the tech workforce.

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Mar 5, 2019

The female share of computer science degrees has actually dropped from 28 percent to 18 percent between 1993 and 2016.

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Mar 5, 2019

Just 31 percent of the employees at Facebook are women, and that's also true at Apple.

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Mar 5, 2019

The fact that there are a number of empty chairs is not indicative of lack of interest in what you are saying.

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Mar 5, 2019

This lack of diversity in the workforce has real-life impact on consumers.

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Mar 5, 2019

The number of women who work in technical roles at these companies is even lower.

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