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Michael 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.

Nov 3, 2015

Madam Chair, again, just two points. I think everything has been said. I do want to add that I have been informed that the independent owners and operators of trucking, which represents 90 percent of the owners of trucks in this country…

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Nov 3, 2015

Madam Chair, this is all well and good, but that presumes that moms, dads, and kids don't use the Interstate Highway System to go to school. Well, in my district they do, and especially in urban districts they do. When it comes to these…

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Sep 28, 2015

Let me encourage you to work as cooperatively and forcefully as you can with both of them because both of them, in my opinion, are participating in what I consider to be the slow and steady destruction of various neighborhoods around this…

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Sep 28, 2015

It strikes me as though you are not doing much.

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Jul 22, 2015

I am thrilled with the fact that there appears to be the possibility of some bipartisan, maybe even consensus, that this could be part of the solution to strengthening capital requirements beyond what is already in Dodd-Frank.

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Jul 8, 2015

if we don't analyze exactly why the problem came up, we are not going to get the right answer.

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Jul 8, 2015

I would love some of my colleagues on the other side to join me in reinstituting Glass-Steagall.

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Jul 8, 2015

I have a proposal, H.R. 888, that not a single Republican will join, yet it is supported by the community bankers.

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Jun 23, 2015

If you are a week or two or a month late with a report, does anybody die?

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Jun 23, 2015

We need to come up with a reasonable timeframe.

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