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Robin Kelly

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Robin Lynne Kelly is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, gun control, and economic development throughout her tenure. Kelly has been an advocate for policies aimed at improving the lives of her constituents and addressing systemic inequalities. She has also been vocal on national issues, often expressing her views on the actions of former President Trump and other significant legislative matters.

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Jul 23, 2019

In that report, the IG office writes that it found severe risk to 2020 census cloud environment.

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Jul 11, 2019

I never said I wanted to do away with ICE, and I just feel like there's a lot of generalizations going on.

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Jul 11, 2019

So if we would have done better with improving immigration or making a pathway and where there was a bipartisan Gang of Eight in the Senate, and we didn't even entertain the bill in the House, when we had a Republican Speaker.

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Jul 10, 2019

It gives them a very shortened sense of their own lives.

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Jul 10, 2019

I just--I talk about the south side of Chicago but actually in my rural area I just met with 50 children from the 7th grade to seniors in high school.

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Jul 10, 2019

I just wanted to thank all of you, first of all. I used to work at Crittenton Care and Counseling Center in Illinois, believe it or not, and part of that was I worked with parents who had the propensity to abuse their kids--to stop that…

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Jul 10, 2019

And can you imagine being a child? I know we talk a lot about mass shootings, but these are everyday occurrences in some of our neighborhoods.

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Jul 9, 2019

I just get amazed every time I come back to this committee.

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Jul 9, 2019

This is such a dark stain on our history every day as we are putting people through this.

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Jul 9, 2019

It was safer to have a baby 25 years ago, and it is not just from people eating fried chicken.

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Jul 9, 2019

I know that since I have been here, no Democrat thought that was a perfect bill.

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Jun 25, 2019

The conflicts of conflating official and political activity are innumerable.

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Jun 25, 2019

It was embarrassing and so disrespectful what they did to the former President.

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Jun 25, 2019

I've been on this committee for a little over 6 years. And 6 years of it I was in the minority.

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Jun 25, 2019

The President should fire Kellyanne Conway.

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Jun 18, 2019

I hear people say, 'Well, don't you just think you've got to wait for this generation to die out before the opioid epidemic will be over?'

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Jun 18, 2019

Tell them there's not enough support for people who are in recovery.

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Jun 18, 2019

We need real infrastructure, and I'm sure that's why the SOR money hasn't even touched the community level yet.

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Jun 18, 2019

Tell them that the drugs are still here, that there's still a lot of diversion of pills, and even meds for treatment of opioid addiction.

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Jun 18, 2019

I support this CARE Act to help heal our communities and give the actual funding that's needed to address substance use disorder and mental health in our country.

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Jun 13, 2019

Today I pay tribute to the life and legacy of a selfless community servant, Eddie Jones, II, who passed away last week at the much-too-soon age of 69. Eddie was truly remarkable and exemplified the best in us. He was a steady hand for…

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Jun 12, 2019

I want to thank you also for your testimony today. I am deeply sorry for the unnecessary loss you and your family have endured.

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Jun 3, 2019

Persistent vacancies in the top position in the FLRA's Office of General Counsel have also allowed a backlog of more than 200 documented violations of Federal labor law to go unaddressed or unresolved.

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Jun 3, 2019

The DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis is the only office in the U.S. intelligence community statutorily charged with delivering intelligence to state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners.

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Jun 3, 2019

The report on disparities is due on July 2d, 2019. Are you on schedule for publication, and are there any previews that you can share?

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