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John Bel Edwards

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John Bel Edwards is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the 56th governor of Louisiana, a position he has held since January 11, 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, Edwards has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure during his tenure. He has been recognized for his efforts to expand Medicaid in Louisiana, which has significantly increased access to healthcare for many residents in the state.

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Mar 26, 2014

Rather than rolling back the President's ability to preserve both our national history and our natural heritage, we should be encouraging this and future administrations to continue to work for the common good--for the public good--that…

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Dec 10, 2013

As the gentleman was speaking, I thought to myself: What could the American people do if they learned that on December 28 unemployment benefits will end for 1.3 million of their fellow Americans? Is there something they could do? Well, I…

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Oct 5, 2013

I thank my colleague. I rise in support of H.R. 3223, and I speak in support of Tracy in Laurel who lives in my district who works at HHS. She helps her mom out every month with her Federal salary; and Christopher and his wife, both of…

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Jun 18, 2013

Reclaiming my time, I'd like to yield 15 seconds to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).

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Jun 18, 2013

Well, reclaiming my time, under the rule, it's the case that the bill I believe that we'll vote on today for final passage has not followed regular order, and it has been rewritten after its adoption in the Judiciary Committee. The…

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Apr 15, 2013

I had planned to come to the floor this evening, as we do every Monday, to talk about the importance of climate change and the importance of this country addressing an issue that is so critical in front of us. But it seems tonight that…

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Dec 31, 2012

I'd like to inquire of Mr. Hall as to whether he has additional speakers; otherwise, I'm ready to close.

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Aug 5, 2012

At that point, began to give him commands as far as dropping his weapon and putting his hands up.

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Aug 5, 2012

He was shot between eight and nine times during the shooting. A lot of extremity shots. Shot in the neck and the cheek area.

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Aug 5, 2012

We've partnered with them. They're a friend of our community. We work with them. We don't have issues with them.

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Aug 5, 2012

It's still open. That's where -- we're starting to eliminate more things and start to narrow down what it might be.

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Aug 5, 2012

As far as our indications, this individual was by himself. We have nothing else to indicate that he's with anybody else or anything was going on.

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Aug 5, 2012

When we put that term out there, you don't use that lightly. So we want to make sure that we have everything in place before we use that.

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May 31, 2012

While I do not believe I did anything illegal or ever thought I was doing anything illegal, I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong, and there is no one else responsible for my sins.

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May 30, 2012

While I do not believe I did anything illegal, or ever thought I was doing anything illegal, I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. And there is no one else responsible for my sins.

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May 30, 2012

I wanted to say, first, thank you for the jurors, and their incredibly hard work and their diligence. They took their job very, very seriously. All I can say is thank goodness we live in a country that has the kind of system that we have.

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May 30, 2012

While I do not believe I did anything illegal or ever thought I was doing anything illegal, I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. And there is no one else responsible for my sins.

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May 30, 2012

I wanted to say first, thank you for the jurors, and their incredibly hard work and their diligence. They took their job very, very seriously. All I can say is thank goodness we live in a country that has the kind of system that we have.

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May 16, 2012

Jurors are set to begin deliberating the case against John Edwards.

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May 15, 2012

I thank the gentleman for yielding his time, and I thank the gentlelady from Texas and for your leadership on the Judiciary Committee, and just a reminder to the Chair that at the latest count, the bill that the gentlelady from Texas…

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May 15, 2012

If I could just ask the ranking member whether, under this resolution, the President would be required to come to the Congress for a specific authorization for the use of military force.

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May 15, 2012

Thank you, Ranking Member Berman, for yielding the time. I would like to engage the gentleman in a colloquy. After reading the resolution and studying it, I just have a couple of questions that I would ask that you clarify your…

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May 9, 2012

John Edwards was confident even though he had all bunch of stuff going on in the background including this controversy with his mistress.

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Apr 29, 2012

He was very short and very angry. He told her to, quote, 'get the money in.'

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Apr 27, 2012

I thank the gentlewoman. Now I would like to recognize for a moment the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline).

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