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Mike Capuano

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Mike Capuano is a former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, serving from 1999 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. During his tenure, Capuano was known for his advocacy on issues such as healthcare, education, and civil rights. He served on several committees, including the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he focused on infrastructure development and public transportation improvements in his district.

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Jun 20, 2018

I am a little bit more than frustrated, to be honest with you. I am kind of angry.

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Jun 20, 2018

But, you know, come on, 8 years? Eight years. And we are not talking about small, unimportant things.

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Jun 19, 2018

I don't know, but I am just guessing that if that was somebody else that he didn't like that the President would say that person was lying, and has been lying for day, after day, after day.

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Jun 19, 2018

somebody somewhere at DHS and ICE, at some point, is going to have to ask themselves, when is it too much? When are the orders too much? I can't do them.

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Jun 19, 2018

it is unequivocally directed to your superiors who do have the authority to say no, and should have said no to this policy.

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Jun 19, 2018

I don't remember being taught by any of the Jesuits it was OK to separate parents from children.

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Jun 19, 2018

I am just curious, because it strikes me, if the President says for day, after day, after day on T.V. that he doesn't have the authority and then now he does.

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Jun 19, 2018

Elliot Richardson quit. When the President of the United States ordered him to take action he found to be immoral, he quit his job.

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Jun 19, 2018

What is difficult for me to understand is the obsession on just one border, and the obsession on only one fix to the issue there.

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Jun 12, 2018

I believe that fraud is fraud, and that States should be free to regulate any form of securities fraud that they see fit.

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Jun 12, 2018

Unfortunately, H.R. 5037, seems to be aimed directly at the Martin Act, and by preempting these State laws, the bill would allow small-time fraud to run rampant.

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Jun 12, 2018

I am particularly opposed to this bill because in New York State, we have a powerful securities fraud law, called the Martin Act.

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Jun 12, 2018

the concept of taking protections away from small investors just strikes me as anathema.

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Jun 12, 2018

Do you believe that discrimination exists in America today?

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Jun 12, 2018

I do believe discrimination exists. I do believe economic disparity is growing.

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Jun 12, 2018

I really think you need to get out a little bit more, Mr. Otting.

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Jun 12, 2018

I am all for due process. What I am not for--Is taking people's protections away.

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Jun 12, 2018

I get that. Then why don't we have a bill just to stop New York State from doing this and leave the other 49 to do it? Leave Alabama alone.

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Jun 12, 2018

I am also very concerned regarding reports that the OCC has found that more banks open accounts without the consent of their customers.

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Jun 12, 2018

Do you believe that homeownership is probably the most firm and sound and most used way for relatively poor or moderately poor working class people to move into the middle class?

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May 22, 2018

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. There are some good things in this bill. I wanted to work with all of you to enshrine the good things and get rid of the bad things. We all did. We all offered it for years because Dodd-Frank is a good…

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May 22, 2018

The details of this bill, getting rid of HMDA requirements, do you not care about discrimination? Do you not recognize that it is real and that it exists? But, apparently, you don't care. Do you not care that your constituents had their…

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May 16, 2018

Mr. Chairman, we know exactly how to end a person's homelessness: You provide her with a home.

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May 16, 2018

I introduced H.R. 2076, a $13.2 billion bill, the Ending Homelessness Act, which provides a surge of new resources.

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May 16, 2018

I don't think there is any division, any problems talking about homelessness both in rural and urban areas.

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