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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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Jun 26, 2024

The ideological forebears of Mr. Rokita and Mr. Berry and Ms. Stepman, like Robert Bork, were arguing against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Jun 26, 2024

Title VII has been a great American success story and the model for civil rights law and jurisprudence all over the world.

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Jun 26, 2024

I am pleasantly surprised I have not heard any of the witnesses, anyone really, attacking the idea that there should be civil rights protection for transgender people in the workplace.

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Jun 26, 2024

I would ask the Ranking Member, Mr. Raskin, not to spread COVID in this hearing room, not to spread COVID on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Jun 12, 2024

Bannon and Navarro never spent a minute with the January 6th Committee and never turned over a single document to our committee. These people had zero percent compliance with Congress. They demonstrated true contempt, which is why they…

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Jun 12, 2024

Our colleagues invite us today to become the first Congress in the history of the United States to hold someone in contempt for complying with our demands, and their target is the Attorney General of the United States. Attorney General…

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Jun 11, 2024

Every federal court to look at this said that the January 6th Select Committee, which was a bipartisan committee with a Democratic chair and a Republican vice chair, was completely lawfully constituted and lawfully operated.

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Jun 11, 2024

It's a ridiculous motion and a ridiculous decision. You know, it's really the first time in American history that someone's been held in contempt by the U.S. Congress for complying with a subpoena from Congress.

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Jun 3, 2024

I urge passage of H.R. 7192. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman) that the House suspend the rules and pass the…

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Jun 3, 2024

I urge passage of H.R. 7893, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R…

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Jun 3, 2024

We urge everyone to support H.R. 6073. I thank the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania for his thoughtful remarks. I yield back the balance of my time.

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Jun 3, 2024

I urge the passage of H.R. 5034. I thank the very distinguished gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands for her very moving remarks, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Jun 3, 2024

I thank the distinguished gentleman from California for his thoughtful remarks, I urge passage of H.R. 5985, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Jun 3, 2024

I urge the passage of H.R. 1687. I thank the gentleman from California for his moving remarks. I yield back the balance of my time.

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Jun 3, 2024

I urge unanimous adoption of H.R. 6750. I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for his very eloquent remarks, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Jun 3, 2024

I urge the passage of H.R. 1098, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill…

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Jun 2, 2024

It has not been an objective investigation as to whether or not the virus came from a lab or an animal transmission.

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Jun 2, 2024

Public health is a matter of urgent and comprehensive public concern.

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Jun 2, 2024

I want to join my colleague from Florida in apologizing to you that some of our colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives seem to want to drag your name through the mud.

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Jun 2, 2024

According to Dr. Deborah Birx, Donald Trump's own COVID-19 advisor, America unnecessarily lost hundreds of thousands of people because of the recklessness and indifference of Donald Trump and his administration.

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Jun 2, 2024

I hope that this Committee will be able to correct all of the propaganda and disinformation today.

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Jun 2, 2024

You have devoted your life to fighting infectious diseases for the American people.

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Jun 2, 2024

Under Donald Trump, when the COVID-19 pandemic began and spun out of control, we came close to becoming a failed state.

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Jun 2, 2024

Democrats are not out there saying that Hunter Biden's trial is a farce. It's a fraud. It's rigged. We're not attacking the justice system.

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Jun 2, 2024

He did not fund research to create the COVID-19 pandemic.

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