Jamie Raskin

The cause of America is the cause of mankind. And today, democracy is under siege all over the world.

We err on the side of the people of Ukraine against Vladimir Putin who is not a genius but a mass murderer.

Peter Navarro was the White House trade advisor. He was not within his job description to overthrow presidential elections.

Executive privilege doesn’t apply to crime and insurrection.

The committee is unanimous that we want to see everybody who has information relevant to our charge under House resolution 503.

Vladimir Putin, who is not a genius, but a mass murderer.

We are fighting to defend the institutions and values of democracy at home against coup plotters and insurrectionists and we are supporting other democracies around the world under siege by autocrats and kleptocrats, bullies and despots.

So, of course, they are calling universal health coverage socialism.

So when people talk to me about universal health coverage it sounds pretty good.

Around one in five American families are struggling with serious levels of medical debt, and for many people with lower incomes their fear of coming under crushing medical debt becomes a major deterrent to their obtaining critical medical…

Americans, collectively, owe an astonishing $195 billion in medical debt.

Our colleagues across the aisle just don't want to deal with any of these realities.

This is an extraordinary and surpassingly important hearing and I hope it will be an historic one.

Today democracy is under siege all over the world, and just as we are working to defend and fortify democracy abroad in Ukraine and other places, we are working to defend and fortify democracy here at home.

You know, my hero Tom Paine said: The cause of America is the cause of mankind.

Presence is to be presumed and favored in all circumstances, except when a person has a compelling medical reason.

I have taken some careful notes on these witnesses and the prior panels.

I appreciate the opportunity to share with the committee my constituents' concerns about noise pollution from concentrated flight paths over our district.

Do you find that these threats come at occasions of public prominence like Black History Month?

The ones who threaten don't bomb and the ones who bomb don't threaten.

The violent threats against the HBCUs are part of a trend, of rising hate crimes against African Americans.

The perpetrators behind these acts obviously are targeting Black colleges and universities, seeking to disrupt and terrorize the students, the faculty, the staff, and all of their families.

The President and members of his campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States.

We all need to redouble our efforts both to galvanize national attention to the problem and then to make these legislative changes.

The social contract is not working if we are losing hundreds of thousands of women and girls every year.