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.
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.
An attempted coup and a violent insurrection at the Capitol interrupting the peaceful transfer of power are unprecedented events.
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.
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…
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.
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).
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
I am prepared to close when my friend from Pennsylvania is prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.
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
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…
We have documented 88 separate incidents of political interference in the pandemic response by Trump officials
We saw administration officials in the Trump administration systematically deny the reality of COVID-19
The good thing about science is that it is true whether or not you believe in it
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…





