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Jamie Raskin

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Jamie Raskin is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Raskin has been an advocate for various progressive policies, including healthcare reform and civil rights. He gained national attention for his role in the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump, where he served as a lead impeachment manager during the Senate trial in early 2020.

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Nov 13, 2019

Women are and should be in charge of their reproductive health, and their efforts to reduce unwanted pregnancies are actually working.

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Nov 13, 2019

While I am personally informed by my faith, my actions as a legislator must be in support of, in defense of the Constitution.

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Nov 13, 2019

To have confusing and misleading information when you are trying to make a medical decision is horrifying.

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Nov 13, 2019

I think you started your testimony by saying that one quarter of American women will have an abortion over the course of their lifetime.

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Nov 13, 2019

It is to be noted that to be pro-life includes supporting the health of pregnant women.

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Nov 13, 2019

Big Brother seems to have come to Missouri, the Leviathan state has arrived in Missouri...

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Nov 13, 2019

I think what I find most insulting as a patient is that I didn't have the ability to think for myself.

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Nov 13, 2019

In your opinion, is the requirement that a physician have admitting privileges at a local hospital necessary for the health or safety of a woman seeking an abortion?

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Nov 13, 2019

It is an outrage that President Trump has honored President Erdogan today with a meeting at the White House. During his infamous May 2017 visit to the White House, Erdogan dispatched his thugs to beat up peaceful protesters at Sheridan…

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Nov 13, 2019

I am proud to have served as the lead Democratic cosponsor of this bill introduced by my friend from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), H.R. 1663, the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2019. The Federal Bar Association…

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Nov 13, 2019

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton).

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Nov 13, 2019

I thank the gentlewoman, who is a great champion for the people of Washington, D.C., and I could not agree more with her sentiments about efforts being made in the Senate to relocate agencies central to the operation of the national…

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Nov 13, 2019

I want to thank the distinguished and always eloquent gentleman from Georgia for his comments on a number of interesting things. One is the question of bipartisanship and us working together, and I think the gentleman correctly invites us…

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Nov 13, 2019

I want to thank Mr. Chabot for his excellent work on this legislation, and I want to thank Mr. Collins for his thoughtful intervention. Mr. Speaker, this bill was advanced to allow the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association the…

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Nov 12, 2019

There is a struggle going on, on planet earth right now between the dictators and the despots and the autocrats and the kleptocrats on one side, and the liberal democracies on the other side.

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Nov 12, 2019

Well, in an ideal world in under the rule of law, everybody would give the sovereign, which is the Congress of the United States their honest, truthful testimony. That's the way our system is supposed to work under the rule of law.

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Nov 12, 2019

Donald Trump favors the people on the side of the Dem -- you know, the despots and the tyrants, but in this case, he went beyond that.

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Nov 12, 2019

Yes. Look, we needed to resituate this in the global context that the events took place in what Ambassador Taylor and George Kent showed was, look, there is a struggle going on, on planet earth right now between the dictators and the…

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Oct 31, 2019

The House impeachment inquiry has discovered a substantial body of evidence that the President of the United States has violated the Constitution by placing his political interests above the interests of the country, thereby putting both…

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Oct 31, 2019

We will afford the President all the due process protections that were afforded to his predecessors in a similar situation. That includes the ability to attend hearings, question witnesses, and submit evidence. As recently as Friday, the…

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Oct 29, 2019

I just want to lament that the full committee... is right now simultaneously conducting a bogus impeachment process.

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Oct 29, 2019

I want to thank you particularly, Mr. Cuccinelli, for expressing regret about the mistake that was made.

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Oct 29, 2019

It appears that this policy has, thankfully, been reversed after Congress and the American people rose up in an outcry at the cold inhumanity on display in this policy.

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Oct 29, 2019

Congress as the lawmaking branch of government has the authority to receive any information we want in order to make the laws that we want to make.

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