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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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Feb 27, 2019

But last week, on February 28th, The New York Times reported that President Trump ordered John Kelly to grant Jared Kushner a security clearance.

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Feb 26, 2019

I want to thank my colleague for advancing our discussion here because I think now we are really starting to get somewhere. The gentlewoman suggested an amendment which allows for the transfer of a firearm to a victim of domestic violence…

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Feb 26, 2019

I suppose that we are in a rush to do anything, something, anything that works in order to curb the terrible toll of gun violence on our society. In the last Congress it is true there was other legislation that was brought to us. One was a…

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Feb 26, 2019

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. Lesko), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

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Feb 26, 2019

Our colleagues are not upset because you lied to Congress for the President; they're upset because you stopped lying to Congress for the President.

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Feb 26, 2019

Just to quote a small part of it: ``Firearms pose a significant danger to victims of domestic violence, and this is true no matter who owns the firearm. Research shows that a male abuser's access to a firearm increases the risk of intimate…

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Feb 26, 2019

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 145 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 145 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

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Feb 25, 2019

On June 20th, the President putatively ended his scandalous and dangerous family separation policy, but family separations are still happening at the border under a shadowy set of rules that apparently do not offer sufficient…

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Feb 25, 2019

It is a naked violation of the First Amendment.

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Feb 25, 2019

I would almost like to argue that we universalize this for all legislation that goes through Congress.

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Feb 25, 2019

The purpose of punishment is rehabilitation.

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Feb 25, 2019

It is really up to the person to decide.

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Feb 25, 2019

I would urge a 'no' vote on this. As we know, voter ID laws have deprived many voters of their right to vote.

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Feb 25, 2019

that is a naked violation of the First Amendment.

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Feb 25, 2019

Voting twice is illegal. It is illegal now; it will be illegal after hopefully this bill becomes law.

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Feb 25, 2019

I think that, yeah, I would like to be able to help our friend from Illinois in backing one of his amendments, but I am afraid that this one moves us backwards instead of moving us forward to a functional and improved FEC.

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Feb 25, 2019

This guy is not in trouble because he delivered somebody's ballot successfully to the Board of Elections. He is in trouble because he committed voter fraud.

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Feb 25, 2019

I think all we are doing is improving its operation and giving it the opportunity to actually work.

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Feb 25, 2019

I think this question was settled in the 1960s and 1970s in a series of cases called the college student voting rights decisions.

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Feb 25, 2019

Shouldn't we leave that to the people of California and North Carolina and Florida to decide, because all of them have their own prohibitions against voter fraud, which is a completely recognizable species of misconduct.

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Feb 13, 2019

I am impressed by the provisions in H.R. 1 that deal with voter registration modernization, automatic voter registration, same-day registration, and so on.

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Feb 13, 2019

I was quite amazed that when we first took this up in the Judiciary Committee there were people defending gerrymandering...

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Feb 13, 2019

But your group is interested in free speech, right? I am not asking you an unfair question here.

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Feb 13, 2019

I think the Supreme Court has foreclosed it both as to contributions and expenditures.

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Feb 13, 2019

Do you favor disclosure to the shareholders of all political contributions by the CEOs of the company?

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