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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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Sep 27, 2023

There is no formal constitutional or statutory or even the House rule for how an impeachment inquiry is to begin, and so it means different things to different people.

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Sep 27, 2023

Is there any precedent in our country for launching an impeachment inquiry absent evidence of wrongdoing by the President?

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Sep 27, 2023

A dozen of our colleagues on the Republican side have already called for impeachment. I am struck by the fact that, of the four expert witnesses brought together today, not a single one of them argued that a sufficient quantum of evidence…

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Sep 27, 2023

I have introduced a motion to subpoena Giuliani and Lev Parnas.

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Sep 27, 2023

Neither Mr. Giuliani nor Mr. Parnas is in jail now.

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Sep 27, 2023

Pursuant to clause 2(k)(6) of Rule XI, I move that the Committee subpoena Rudy Giuliani and Lev Parnas to come and testify in these hearings.

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Sep 27, 2023

I wonder how many of my esteemed Republican colleagues here, who all voted against impeaching Donald Trump if they were in the House at that point, can reconcile their votes against impeaching Trump for the grave crime of inciting a…

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Sep 27, 2023

A week ago, Donald Trump posted a comment saying that a government shutdown, quote, 'is the last chance to defund these political prosecutions against me and other patriots.'

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Sep 27, 2023

Speaker McCarthy's invertebrate appeasement of the most fanatical elements of his conference now threatens the well-being of every American.

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Sep 27, 2023

This is not partisan warfare America is seeing today. It is chaotic infighting between Republicans and Republicans.

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Sep 27, 2023

No foreign enemy has ever been able to shut down the Government of the United States, but now MAGA Republicans are about to do just that.

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Sep 27, 2023

We are 62 hours away from shutting down the Government of the United States of America, and Republicans are launching an impeachment drive based on a long debunked and discredited lie.

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Sep 27, 2023

Accusations that the President has committed a crime, or even that the President has done something illegal, are unparliamentary.

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Sep 27, 2023

Given that the Committee has not been authorized by the full House to conduct an impeachment inquiry, am I correct in assuming that we are obligated to follow the rules of the House?

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Sep 26, 2023

It's scandalous what they are doing and all of it for one guy who thinks it's going to help improve his legal posture.

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Sep 26, 2023

I mean, here we are, they're about to shut down the government of the United States of America, something that no foreign enemy of the United States has ever been able to do, all at the beck and call of Donald Trump.

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Sep 26, 2023

The problem is that Donald Trump won't let them call off the wild goose chase because he says they impeached me, so we should impeach him.

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Sep 26, 2023

They have not been able to connect him to a single dime of all of these allegations.

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Sep 18, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act has already begun to create savings for seniors because we made sure that the market works by giving Medicare the power to negotiate with Big Pharma for lower drug prices.

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Sep 18, 2023

I appreciate the insights of all the witnesses and the ways that different players in the healthcare system... may be placing barriers in the way of people just getting affordable medication.

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Sep 18, 2023

If we are interested in benefiting patients and consumers, why should we care about lowest net cost to you?

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Sep 18, 2023

Yes. I mean, you are not disagreeing that sharing a greater portion of the rebate dollars would lower costs at the drug counter.

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Sep 18, 2023

Isn't it the case that there were $50 billion in 2021 that your members got in rebates that were not passed on to the patients?

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Sep 18, 2023

There is such confusion in this field, and I want to get it straight.

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Sep 18, 2023

Some major pharmaceuticals employed profit-maximizing pricing practices at the direct expense of the people who rely on their medications to survive.

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