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Steve Lynch

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Stephen Francis Lynch is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 8th congressional district since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Lynch has focused on issues such as healthcare, labor rights, and economic development throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for working families and has worked to secure funding for various projects in his district.

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  1. I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts will be postponed. {time} 1315 Amendment Offered by Mrs. Blackburn2 sources2013govinfo.gov
Jun 12, 2025

This is wrong. Deploying the military against a civilian population is wrong.

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Jun 12, 2025

When you compare the old films of the Gestapo grabbing people off the streets of Poland, and you compare them to those nondescript thugs… it does look like a Gestapo operation.

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Jun 11, 2025

let's talk about crime in D.C. Let's talk about crime in D.C., as the gentleman mentioned. Let's talk about that. Let's talk about January 6. We had 1,500 people ransack the Capitol. Let's talk about what happened to them in consequence…

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Jun 11, 2025

Mr. Speaker, let's take up that challenge. Let's make sure the laws that we have passed in this House apply and are complied with in Washington, D.C. The gentleman may forget, this isn't the first debate we have had about Washington, D.C…

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Jun 3, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I also thank the majority for their courtesy in moving this bill expeditiously to the floor. The Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act was introduced by our dear friend, the late Ranking Member Gerry Connolly and by a bipartisan and…

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Jun 1, 2025

Given your history of promoting medical misinformation and conspiracy theories, I am concerned that the report—which you oversaw as chair of President Trump's Make America Healthy Again Commission—manipulates and falsifies science to…

commondreams.org
Jun 1, 2025

It appears that the administration is already trying to cover up its shoddy work.

commondreams.org
May 21, 2025

Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning on behalf of our friend and colleague Gerry Connolly, the gentleman from Virginia, with the hope of infusing this debate with his passion and wisdom on behalf of the Federal workers for whom there was no…

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Apr 28, 2025

There is a need, I think, for a mix of some experience.

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Apr 28, 2025

He told me he’s publicly supporting me.

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Apr 28, 2025

If you’re not on the committee, under the rules, it makes it very difficult to run.

nbcnews.com
Feb 11, 2025

As a member of the Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, I rise in strong opposition to executive actions taken by the Trump administration to shut down U.S. foreign assistance and undermine America's national security. Over the…

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Jan 23, 2025

As a member of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, I rise in strong opposition to the expansionist rhetoric that President Trump is directing toward America's strongest and longstanding allies and…

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Dec 18, 2024

Today I rise in strong support of more than 2.3 million dedicated civil servants that make up our Federal workforce, including nearly 30,000 Federal employees who work in my own congressional district. As a former union president of Iron…

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Dec 4, 2024

There are trillions of dollars in Federal money that depends on the count of the Census.

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Dec 4, 2024

Let us get back to a granular level where people actually understand what the Census is for.

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Dec 4, 2024

I agree, it is onerous and it asks way too many questions, but, you know, we can work on that and make it better.

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Nov 18, 2024

The non-partisan congressional Research Service also reports that floods are the most common and costliest natural disasters across the United States.

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Nov 18, 2024

Would it be better, would it be more efficient if we looked at a...broader disaster insurance program?

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Nov 18, 2024

We are going to have to fight to protect our Federal employees against what we know is going to be an active purge.

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Nov 18, 2024

We seem to keep falling behind with these 1-year, I think it is called as-needed funding.

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Sep 24, 2024

The Project 2025 document... says that the FBI has been 'captured by an unaccountable bureaucratic managerial class and radical left ideologues.'

congress.gov
Sep 24, 2024

To ensure the promotion of the President's agenda the FBI should 'Ensure the assignment of sufficient political appointees throughout the Department.'

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Jun 26, 2024

That is why I applaud the pro-work policies of the Biden Administration.

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