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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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Oct 29, 2019

anyone's requirement to comply with a congressional subpoena request for information is not stayed in any way by virtue of the existence of other legal proceedings or litigation

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Oct 29, 2019

Again, we are delighted that there was a decision to reverse this new policy with Mr. Cuccinelli.

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Oct 29, 2019

I want to thank all of the witnesses today for your testimony.

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Oct 29, 2019

the people who worked with him over there are asking us to take a look at his case.

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Oct 29, 2019

If you could tell us by the end of the day, we can get on a timetable. We want and we need that information.

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Oct 29, 2019

I am very eager to work with you and all of our colleagues on comprehensive immigration reform.

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Oct 29, 2019

So, that is what was sent to critically ill children. That is what caused the crisis.

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Oct 29, 2019

I am very concerned that Mr. Kamran will be killed or he will be disappeared in Pakistan by the forces that are against him.

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Oct 29, 2019

We now have a sacred obligation to follow through on his subpoenas to make sure that we defend some of the most vulnerable people on the planet--sick children who have come as strangers to our land to seek medical assistance.

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Oct 29, 2019

The policy before was that cases of people being in the country to receive medical treatment established a compelling reason to be here.

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Oct 29, 2019

So, you do have that delegation of authority.

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Oct 29, 2019

We can only do it if we get the information about everything that we need.

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Oct 29, 2019

we would at least like an answer from you today if you can tell us. When will you be able to comply with the subpoena that Chairman Cummings signed on the day that he died?

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Oct 29, 2019

But we want to make sure that what was going to take place on a sweeping and categorical level is not taking place at a less visible ad hoc level.

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Oct 29, 2019

we want and we need that information

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Oct 29, 2019

I got to say this is an occasion for some frustration because we requested a lot of documents on this and I think we received one document.

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Oct 29, 2019

The threatened deportation of sick children was such an outrage to Chairman Cummings that his very last official act before his death was to issue subpoenas to hold the administration to account.

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Oct 29, 2019

You are not authorized to remain in the United States. If you fail to depart the United States within 33 days of the date of this letter, USCIS may issue you a notice to appear and commence removal proceedings against you with the…

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Oct 29, 2019

We want to make sure that the prior policy really is reinstituted.

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Oct 23, 2019

I thank Madam Chair for her exceptional work on the SHIELD Act, which is long overdue. For 2 years, our colleagues across the aisle had control over the Judiciary Committee, the Rules Committee, and the House Administration Committee. They…

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Oct 22, 2019

And thank you for your comments, and thanks for not exacerbating the mild and manageably warming climate that we're experiencing today.

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Oct 22, 2019

So the representation of uncertainty in the scientific field when, in fact, there is a certainty of scientific consensus is itself actionable fraud?

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Oct 22, 2019

And I want to thank Mr. Roy, Mr. Massie, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, my colleagues, for coming and being here...

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Oct 22, 2019

He believed with all of his heart and all of his mind that government must be an instrument for the common good of all the people.

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Oct 22, 2019

America will never again be able to count on the Kurds to fight ISIS. We don't trust America anymore.

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