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Jamie Raskin: “Now our colleagues, rather than deal with the reality of what they have created, a monster year with American citizens…”

On the recordApril 29, 2026
Now our colleagues, rather than deal with the reality of what they have created, a monster year with American citizens being shot down in cold blood at point blank range, in Minneapolis Alex Pretti and Renee Good--rather than deal with that reality, they just want to double down on their world historical error by giving up another $140 billion with basically no strings attached to the people at ICE that have unleashed this chaos against us. Mr. Speaker, I am voting ``no.''
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Opposing funding for ICE amid concerns about violence and accountability.

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