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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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May 12, 2022

We are going to put these questions to the American people because we have to be very serious going forward if we’re going to continue to be a democratic society.

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May 12, 2022

We came very close to losing it all on January the 6th.

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May 12, 2022

This is really a continuing effort to overthrow our system of government.

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May 12, 2022

An attempted coup and a violent insurrection at the Capitol interrupting the peaceful transfer of power are unprecedented events.

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May 12, 2022

I have every reason to believe that people receiving subpoenas today will comply with their legal duty and I would say moral duty to cooperate with an investigation into an attack on Congress.

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May 11, 2022

Well, an attempted coup and a violent insurrection at the Capitol interrupting the peaceful transfer of power are unprecedented events. They should come in and testify voluntarily. And if they don`t, then all of us should come to expect…

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May 11, 2022

This shows the country one more strategic booby trap that was improvised by Trump’s team that can sit there for use by bad-faith actors in future elections.

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May 10, 2022

Here is a formula for the destruction of democracy: Repeating Putin's propaganda and disinformation and appeasing imperialist assaults on sovereign nations. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Jayapal).

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May 10, 2022

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

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May 6, 2022

Each of the lurid revelations that have caught the public imagination today revealed Trump`s fascination with violence, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops to the border, lobbing patriot missiles at our ally in Mexico, and then of…

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May 6, 2022

We have eight hearing scheduled in June and we plan to describe every facet and dimension of the violent insurrection that shut down the counting of the Electoral College votes for the first time in American history and the attempted…

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May 6, 2022

This is not a game. This is not part cheesy. This is not risk. This is not monopoly. This is the Congress of the United States representing the people of the United States conducting an investigation into the worst violent insurrection…

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May 6, 2022

Rudy Giuliani has the exact same obligation to come and testify before the January 6 Select Committee as the hundreds of people who have come forward voluntarily and cooperated.

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May 2, 2022

The people need to stand up and defend democratic institutions and the rights of the people because the Supreme Court is certainly not doing anything for us.

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May 2, 2022

The Supreme Court has returned to that traditional baseline.

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Apr 29, 2022

Mr. Speaker, the United States of America witnessed the most astonishing spectacle. We are here to debate, aid to the people of Ukraine, defending themselves against a machine invasion by Vladimir Putin and his army.

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Apr 29, 2022

We now have the evidence to support a story of the worst presidential political crime against the union in American history. Nothing that any other president ever did comes close to what happened on that day.

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Apr 28, 2022

I am prepared to close when my friend from Pennsylvania is prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Apr 28, 2022

The House rules do forbid engaging in personalities. I accept the advice of the Parliamentarian that I used unparliamentary language to make my point, and I certainly respect the necessity for parliamentary decorum. {time} 1330

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Apr 28, 2022

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Reschenthaler), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is…

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Apr 28, 2022

We have documented 88 separate incidents of political interference in the pandemic response by Trump officials

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Apr 28, 2022

We saw administration officials in the Trump administration systematically deny the reality of COVID-19

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Apr 28, 2022

The good thing about science is that it is true whether or not you believe in it

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Apr 27, 2022

We’ve given the nature of constitutional federalism in America by definition our recommendations will go all the way up and down the system in terms of securing the right to vote, which is federal dimensions, which has state dimensions to…

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